Manchester ranks in the 10 places with the lowest life expectancy in the UK – but plans to rebuild a hospital that will change this tragic death sentence have been met with empty promises for the last five years.
Manchester has the eighth lowest life expectancy for men, at 75.2 years. In comparison, residents of the area with the highest life expectancy, Hart, will live almost eight years longer than those living in Manchester.
Yet, ambitious plans that could transform the grim fate of those living in some of the most deprived parts of Manchester are being met with silence.
The government is STILL refusing to commit to fix the decrepit hospital of these residents, where staff are desperately trying to stop them dying so prematurely. READ MORE: It's the place where people are born, live, work and die – and 'it's an insult' to those people The Manchester Evening News is campaigning for the government to commit to the urgent rebuilding of North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH).