HOSPITAL bosses should hang their heads in shame when they read today’s story about cancer charity fundraising.

Ken Whiley, and members of the laryngectomy club that he founded, worked tirelessly for almost a decade to raise £11,000 for specialist equipment.

But that equipment sits gathering dust, helping no-one.

No wonder the charity might demand its money back.

However, the most damning indictment of the Churchill Hospital’s failure to make use of this donation is the words of Mr Whiley’s son Keith.

He was forced to keep the shameful lack of action from his dying father for fear it would break his heart.

In his son’s words: “My father was one of those people who, when he put his mind to something, got it done. And he expected others to do the same.”

Those responsible for making use of the laryngectomy club’s donations should reflect on this very hard.

The hospital’s fantastic care and the dedication of staff is not in question. It is no doubt what inspired the club to fundraise so hard despite their own personal battles. The funds paid for equipment but also helped pay a debt of gratitude to those who work so hard to help cancer patients and their families.

That the club may ask for its donation to be returned speaks for itself.