An emergency department in Minden, Ont., is slated to close in one week but residents say they will keep up the pressure on the province to make sure the closure is not permanent.

"We are not statistics," Richard Bradley, a resident, told CBC Toronto on Thursday.

"We are determined. The only statistic we want to be is the town that saves its ER. We pay the same taxes as everybody else does. We deserve and demand that we have safe and accessible health care."

Haliburton Highlands Health Services (H…