I WAS one of the many who went to the meeting on January 24 at the Abbey Hotel to discuss the new Malvern hospital.

I would urge people not to be put off by this fiasco because that's just what the PCT would like. When further meetings are held, do go along and have your say.

Malvern has been waiting 25 years for this hospital, the need for which is now becoming urgent. The government has spent over £3,000 million on the Iraq war and is still spending £72 million every month on the war yet it can't find a mere £25 million for our new hospital.

KEITH BERRY, Nursery Road, Malvern.