After 89 years of healing the ailing people of Youngstown and bringing new lives into the world, what has most recently been called Northside Regional Medical Center closes its doors after today.

Citing declining patient numbers Northside latest owners, Steward Health, is closing the hospital on Gypsy Lane.

After shutting down the Emergency Room and Labor and Delivery earlier this week, Steward says the official closing time will be one minute after midnight tonight.

However, 21 News has learned that from the nurses union that the plan is to have all patients discharged by 5 p.m. And employees would be leaving the hospital for the last time at 6 p.m.

The decision to close has displaced 468 employees, nearly 200 of them are nurses.

It isn't known how many of those workers obtained new jobs during recent job fairs held by Steward and Mercy Health.

The shutdown leaves Youngstown with no labor and delivery unit inside the city limits.

Steward has covered the existing Northside Regional Medical Center signs with new signage reading "Steward Health Center Youngstown", and "No Emergency Services".

There will be some vestige of Northside Hospital which opened in 1929.

Senator Joe Schiavoni told 21 News that he has been assured that the clinic and medical offices in the buildings will remain open.