PLANS for Holy Cross Hospital's new hydrotherapy pool wing are to come before Waverley Borough Council again next month because they are being modified to take in an eco-friendly plant which will recycle heat. The hospital also wants to add an extra car parking area so that wheelchair users can have easy access when the unit opens later this year. The sisters – the Congregation Of The Daughters Of The Cross Of Leige – who run the hospital off Hindhead Road, want to be able to offer hydrotherapy and physiotherapy to outpatients referred to them, so the hope is local people will also benefit from the £2 million facility. At the moment the hospital only cares for in- patients, all of whom have severe long-term disabilities brought on by such things as stroke or accident. Some are private patients, but most are funded by the NHS. Chief executive Christopher Hinton said: "When King Edward VII Hospital, in Midhurst, closed along with its hydrotherapy pool, there was nowhere else locally except a small one in Cranleigh. It took away a facility that was greatly appreciated and much used. "Hydrotherapy can be a more comfortable way of keeping limbs moving." The environmentally friendly technology in the proposed plant room will use a combination of solar energy and modern condensing boilers, and a heat exchange system from the air conditioning that recovers heat before it gets discharged into the atmosphere. The installation of solar panels and new boilers will also make the hospital overall, more energy efficient by replacing the existing hospital boilers and linking the two systems together. The new two-storey building will also incorporate a new entrance to the hospital, with a larger reception and lobby under a curved roof, and a staircase in glass which will lead from the 'old' hospital built in 1992. There will be a viewing area over the pool, a physiotherapy department, consulting rooms and a new chapel in the former accounts office area. The money has already been raised for the building from generous donations and fund raising. Mr Hinton says individual donors have asked to be anonymous, but The Friends of Holy Cross have been hugely instrumental in raising large sums through events like the Boxing Day Fun Run, which brought in £1,650, and keep on raising money for extra equipment. He said: "What we get from the health service is fine, but patients coming to Holy Cross have very special needs and it is all about trying to bring quality of life to people whose lives have been drastically altered."