Workers at North General Hospital in Harlem protested plans Friday to replace the site with a Federally Qualified Health Care facility.

Starting next week, the 200-bed hospital will become a government-subsidized walk-in clinic, with long-term acute care and an urgent care facility, but with no emergency room.

At the Friday rally, employees and area residents were concerned than about 900 skilled workers could be laid off and said they have no idea what to expect.

"The meetings that they keep, they never give us any kind of information to go by, if we're going to have a job or not," said North General employee Ricardo Johnson.

North General's emergency room will see patients until July 6.

The city’s public hospital system will also move two of its facilities to the site from Roosevelt Island.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that the residents will end up with better health care in the long run.

"I think in the end, not well run, didn't have a game plan," said the mayor about the way the old hospital was run.

Bloomberg also said while other emergency rooms may be crowded as a result of the closure, he said "these things work themselves out."

The health care worker's union has filed unfair labor practice charges against the facility's new operator.

North General declared bankruptcy on Monday.

In Greenwich Village, residents are still reeling from the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital in April. Many locals still wonder what they will do if they are faced with a life-or-death emergency.

"I'll tell you, I think it's terrible, it's deplorable, really. I think it's not fair for the people who live around here," said one Village resident.

"I just think the convenience of having it here was assurance to some people," said another.

"My son is an asthmatic and we have visited this hospital more than once. I think it saved his life," said a third. "I'm very worried what we'll do when he has his next asthma attack."

St. Vincent's Hospital served the community for 160 years before being forced into bankruptcy with debts topping $1 billion.