I AM usually a quiet and unassuming person.

However, I am shocked at the news of the Governm-ent's decision to pour money into the millennium project at a time whey my fellow townspeople are seeing the downgrading of their hospital which, indeed, was an excellent one.

My father, the late alderman W (Pat) Davis, was a member of the local town council at the time when the National Health Service was introduced.

How proud the British people were then.

I am deeply shocked that such a wonderful hospital, already established over the years, has been cutback.

The hospital served not only the local people, but other areas in the West Midlands. do you call this progress?

MRS DOROTHY POTTER (nee Davis)

Halifax Court

Kidderminster