THERE are times when I have not always agreed with Coun S Mulla’s views, but in reply to his letter (LT, December 3) on his comments about hospital cleaning, I could not agree more.

Last year I was sitting with a patient in a side ward at the Royal Blackburn Hospital when a cleaner came in.

I asked the cleaner, should I leave the room so it could be cleaned?

The reply was no. The cleaner then quickly mopped the room with one stroke of the mop (no wringing out in the mop bucket).

So therefore the dirt was just pushed around the floor.

It took about five minutes to mop the floor and the en-suite was not even mopped.

I was appalled.

I myself was involved in nursing for nearly 30 years and at times when I have visited the RBH I have noticed it could be cleaner and some nursing practices also improved.

It was only about two weeks ago that I made my views known via a telephone conversation about the RBH to the Director of Nursing.

Things really have got to improve. We never had all this infection in my nursing days.

The key words were discipline and pride, and the non-existence of targets which have a lot to answer for.

H HAMER, Blackburn.