VANDAL THUGS WRECK FAMILY CANCER CENTRE
Yob attack forces patients to postpone appointments
A DAREDEVIL kayaker took a leap of faith by paddling 50ft down Glencoe Falls. Ewan Campbell, 18, of Lochgilphead, pulled off the eye-catching feat at the beauty spot – also known as the Meeting of Three Waters – on Friday. The
PATIenTS at a cancer centre have been forced to postpone appointments after it was damaged by vandals.
Windows and doors were smashed at the Maggie’s Highlands cancer unit in Inverness, which offers care and support to cancer sufferers and their families.
The centre is closed for deep cleaning but plans for its reopening have been hit by the attack in the early hours of Sunday.
Maggie’s has said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic had teen made his way down the waterfall in two sections, with the entire descent lasting just a few seconds.
Ewan, a hotel worker who is on furlough, said: “There is risk to it but doing it over the years you develop the skills to do them. I’ve never had any injuries.”
BY JOHN JEFFAY & KIRSTY FEERICK already left the charity £240,000 worse off.
The repair work and the installation of security and CCTV systems is expected to hit funds even harder.
Shards of glass from the broken doors and windows were spread throughout the building, with some found in a children’s play box as others ended up among teabag and sugar containers.
Appointments have been cancelled and police are investigating the incident.
Fundraising manager Andrew Benjamin said: “It is unbelievable. With everything that has been going on over the past few months with Covid, we have worked so hard to get the centre back open.
“We have worked to a stage where we can start letting people back through the doors and that has just been stopped again in its tracks.
“Maggie’s will still be there for people in any way we can – over the phone, email and online – but the fact is people have been getting themselves ready to come back into Maggie’s and their appointments are going to have to be amended because of this.”