MAY I congratulate Mayor Derek Benfield on the swift treatment his wife received at our great new state-of-the-art hospital.

It's a shame we don't all get the same service as the Mayor of Swindon and his family.

Perhaps if his wife had spent 77 and a half hours on a trolley in the old Princess Margaret Hospital and another 66 hours waiting on a trolley in the new hospital he may not be so quick to praise it.

TONY COLLINS

Penhill