A SCOTTISH hospice is to honour a brave cancer patient by naming its new wing after her.

The Donna Mortimer Ballantyne in-patient unit will provide full time care for patients from Monday, August 13 following its completion.

A trust set up in her memory has held charity events in memory of Donna, after she lost her battle with skin cancer in 2011 which contributed to the production the new wing.

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A charity ball in June raised over £160,000 and now in its seventh year, Donna’s ball has raised over £1million since she passed away.

The charity is chaired by Lady Susan Haughey and aims to continue Donna’s efforts to raise awareness about the disease and the dangers of using sunbeds.

Donna was on the board of directors for the Kilbryde Hospice Appeal to fund and build a place of care and support for those at the end of life in Lanarkshire.

The mum threw all her remaining energy into promoting its cause, helping to organise publicity campaigns and events right up to the last few weeks of her life.

Kilbryde Hospice chair Dennis Gallagher, said: “The completion of this new unit is a modern miracle, there were days when we thought we would never get here.

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"But we have managed it. We owe James Mortimer and his family an enormous debt of gratitude.”

Glasgow business man and Donna's dad, James Mortimer, added: “The Donna Mortimer Ballantyne unit is, in some ways, a testimony in bricks and mortar to my loving daughter.

"She was a major mover in starting this project, and would be enormously proud of this achievement.”

The Kilbryde Hospice provides palliative care and support to patients and families of patients with life limiting illnesses.

The beds within the Donna Mortimer Ballantyne wing are part of the new model for palliative care services and specialist hospice provision across Lanarkshire.

It will cost in excess of £54,000 pounds per week to deliver the care needed in the new wing.

To donate, visit the charity website.