Staff and families at Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, Massachusetts are standing out and standing up for their kids.

The advocates took to the streets to protest what they say is the state's failure to keep its promises to keep Pappas open. They claim the special needs hospital for children has not admitted any new long-term care patients and is discharging patients to what they call less appropriate placements.

Nancy Silva worked at Pappas for 38 years and is the union representative for Local 1517. "They are discharging kids every single week and they're not admitting patients," Silva said. "We've reached out to many hospitals in Boston, they didn't even know we were taking patients. They were told we're not taking patients."

One patient admitted, 14 dischar

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