HELEN McArdle's article on what seems to have been transport chaos surrounding the Commonwealth Games ("Angry travellers are offered refunds over transport 'shambles'", The Herald, July 29) reinforces the anxiety that the Health Service Forum South East feels about the lack of forward planning for the traffic which will be generated by the opening of the new Southern General Hospital (SGH) just 12 months from now.

As host city Glasgow had the responsibility of working out the logistics of moving hundreds of thousands of people around the city. It would appear that it is a shambles.

The new SGH will serve patients from many parts of the city and well beyond. How can we have any confidence in Glasgow's ability to organise access to this vital public service?

Margaret Hinds,

Chairman,

Health Service Forum SE,

35 Broomcroft Road, Glasgow.