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McDonald’s restaurant at Grady Memorial Hospital is shutting down as of midnight Friday.</p> <p>Grady announced the fast-food chain’s action, saying in a news release Friday that “no reason for the abrupt closure was provided.’’</p> <p>The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization — erected three billboards around the Atlanta hospital to encourage its board members not to renew the restaurant’s lease, which was to expire late this month, the AJC reported recently.</p> <div id="attachment_37231" class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="450" height="198" src="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/06/clogged-arteries-hospital-food.jpg" alt="Billboard against fast food at hospitals" class="wp-image-37231" srcset="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/06/clogged-arteries-hospital-food.jpg 450w, https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/06/clogged-arteries-hospital-food.jpg?resize=300,132 300w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /><figcaption>Billboard against fast food at hospitals</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Karen Smith, senior dietitian for the Physicians Committee, said in a statement Friday, “Grady Hospital has taken an important step towards improving the health of its staff, patients and visitors. Artery-clogging burgers and milkshakes will no longer be steps from the cardiac unit.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="51" src="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/06/mcs-e1466815131462.png" alt="mc's" class="wp-image-37230"/></figure></div> <p>The group, which has about 12,000 doctors as members, said in a May statement, “If the space in Grady’s parking garage currently occupied by the fast-food restaurant becomes vacant, the hospital could improve its food environment by expanding its offerings of heart-healthy, plant-based options.”</p> <p>A Grady statement said Friday that the safety-net hospital “is actively exploring a number of options for this location that best serve the needs of our patients, visitors and staff.’’</p> <p>Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that “promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research.”</p> <p>It has been pushing hospitals nationally to close fast-food outlets.</p> <div id="attachment_22131" class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="175" height="176" src="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/10/Grady-Exterior-with-Clinic-Building-e1462543631750.jpeg" alt="Grady Memorial Hospital" class="wp-image-22131" srcset="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/10/Grady-Exterior-with-Clinic-Building-e1462543631750.jpeg 175w, https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/10/Grady-Exterior-with-Clinic-Building-e1462543631750.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px" /><figcaption>Grady Memorial Hospital</figcaption></figure></div> <p>The group has urged hospitals to close on-premise locations of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, the AJC has reported.</p> <p>The group in January installed billboards near Chick-fil-A’s south Fulton County headquarters and above a gas station on State Route 54 West in Fayetteville.</p> <p>The group wants Chick-fil-A removed from Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville and University Hospital in Augusta. 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