EXCLUSIVE: Loaves and Fishes community hero 'in agony' after being forced to sleep in a chair for six weeks

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This is the heartbreaking image of a selfless community stalwart who for 30 years has given her heart and soul to helping the hungry and homeless.For the last six weeks, 79-year-old cancer survivor Cathie Curran has not had a bed to lie in after she was discharged from hospital without a proper care plan in place.Suffering daily from excruciating pain and discomfort from associated health problems, Cathie has - for 48 days - been forced to sleep in a chair at home.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Speaking exclusively to the Lanarkshire Live, the former Loaves and Fishes food bank lynchpin said: “I’m in agony, I cry every night - I have no quality of life.”Husband Denis - a prolific anti-poverty campaigner who won an MBE for his tireless work as chairman of Loaves and Fishes - blasted his wife’s desperate situation as “evil”.He told us: “For a 79-year-old woman to be sleeping in a chair in 2023 is evil considering the work that she’s done.“Cathie gave 30 years of her life to this country, she put her life and soul into Loaves and Fishes. "If it wasn’t for her, the charity wouldn’t have lasted - she was the driving force behind it.“On February 6 we’ll be 58 years married and my wife hasn’t got a bed to sleep in.”Denis and Cathie have helped countless families in East Kilbride and Glasgow, changing