Supported by a growing number of the south's MPs, local campaigners are to challenge Prime Minister, Tony Blair, over a damning reply on the future of Alton's Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital.
Shocked by the seemingly thoughtless dismissal of a comprehensive alternative proposal which could address North Hampshire's current orthopaedic crisis, leaders of the Treloar Hospital Project have vowed to take Mr Blair to task for listening to the wrong people.
A full version of this story will be found in the Alton Herald of July 14, 2000.