A former Kirkcudbright Community Hospital Action Group chairman is calling for a more robust campaign to save the facility.
Ian McConchie is frustrated at what he sees as a lack of concerted effort by community councils to demand talks on its future.
The veteran campaigner co-ordinated a previous grassroots crusade to keep the hospital open and in 2011 it succeeded after a two-year battle.
Now Mr McConchie, of Hinton near Gatehouse, reckons similar perseverance is needed again if a similar outcome is to be achieved.
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