Blaenau Ffestiniog hospital: Eight hundred at rally over closure plan 16 February 2013 Last updated at 12:37 About 800 people have attended a rally in protest at the planned closure of Blaenau Ffestiniog hospital in Gwynedd. The board has also confirmed the minor injury unit (MIU) at Blaenau Ffestiniog would close before the end of the month. MIUs at Llangollen, Chirk, Flint, Ruthin and Colwyn Bay will also shut. Community health councils (CHCs) have about a month to refer the the health board's plans to the health minister Lesley Griffiths. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) announced in January that Blaenau Ffestiniog, Flint, Llangollen and Prestatyn community hospitals would see services switched to 10 other locations.