The state has paused plans to close Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, and the Pocasset Mental Health Center in Bourne following outcry from the community. Gov. Maura Healey said she wants to hear from patients,

Former patients of a children’s rehabilitation hospital are relieved the state has paused its plan to close the facility but eager to learn of its long-term future.

Maura Healey is halting her plans to close a Cape Cod psychiatric hospital and a Canton children’s rehab hospital after hearing “directly” from community members about how important the facilities are.