Letter of the week: South Tyneside hospital should merge with Newcastle - not Sunderland

South Tyneside hospital needs to merge with the Newcastle Freeman Hospital, not Sunderland City Hospital.

Sunderland City Hospital is on Wearside, not Tyneside.

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South Tyneside District Hospital.

Any department of Tyneside hospitals should be paid for by Newcastle City Council, not Wearside.

John Metcalf,Sunderland.

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