Sir, - I was a visitor at Tumut hospital this morning (December 8) and as a taxpayer and thus a contributor to State (and Federal) health, I was horrified on walking past the corridor at the back of the solarium to see an area approximately 7ft x 4ft pulled up revealing what appeared to be dry rot damage to the floor.

I encourage visitors to the hospital, and indeed anyone interested in our hospital, to inspect this area and reflect on how far it might extend up this corridor and where else in our hospital other damage may be found.

Anyone who feels Tumut is not in need of a new hospital is kidding themselves.

Someone else looking at the damage at the same time I was inspecting it said, "It's interesting to see what is holding our hospital up."

Yours etc.,

Pat Webb

Tumut & Adelong Times

December 9, 2005