A group of Uptown residents are making an effort to prevent the closure of a hospital that pared down critical services after its removal as a Medicare and Medicaid provider.

Uptown's Weiss Memorial Hospital closed its emergency room and inpatient services in August after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to terminate the hospital from its program.

A letter from the Department of Health and Human services sent to owner Dr. Manoj Prasad said the hospital was not compliant with physical environment and emergency services standards. Inspection records, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates, show that CMS made the decision to terminate Medicare funding earlier this year after state health inspectors visited the hospital for a complaint investigation.

During that investigat

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