Dad's poetic praise for 'hidden angels' of Hull Royal infirmary

CANCER PATIENT'S TRIBUTE TO 'AMAZING' STAFF

- By DEBORAH HALL

A MAN who needed surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his head has said the hospital staff who looked after him need to be celebrated.

James Hurst, 49, had an eight-hour operation after a tumour was discovered behind the top of his nose. He is now recuperating at home and "trying to get pretty again".

Father-of-two James wanted people to know about the "amazing" care he received on Ward 4 of Hull Royal Infirmary.

He was so taken with the team that he wrote a poem for them, called Hidden Angels. It talks of their "ceaseless spirit" and "compassion, strength and fortitude".

James said he believed he was suffering with sinus trouble and using sprays to try to relieve it, for about four years.

"Eventually they put a camera up and the doctor said I had a cancerous tumour; it was behind the top of my nose, just inside of my eye and just underneath my brain.

"I thought I was just having polyps out, not anything like that. It was a bit of a shock."