MAY I thank the doctors and staff of ward 16 RBH for the double operation they performed on me on the August 19, which saved my life.

Special thanks also to paramedics, A and E, and Intensive Care.

I have had a severe shake-up and now have six to eight weeks at least to take it easy.

We all moan, me especially, about hospitals.

But the whole staff came out tops with dealing with some difficult moments.

PETER WOODLEY, Lydford Gardens, Bournemouth