THE widow of a man who died of skin cancer has praised her husband as his campaign to fund a mole-mapping machine reaches £58,000.

Mike Hull, of Witton in Droitwich, died aged 67 following a long battle with skin cancer which started in 2016.

During his battle, Mr Hull wanted to raise funds for a mole mapping machine that could give other people a chance to spot melanomas sooner. It had reached £40,000 around the time of his death in March 2022.

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A total of £58,000 has now been raised, covering £50,000 for the machine, with the rest to be donated to the Peace Project, where Mr Hull donated his tumours and organs after his death.

Carol Hull said: "I am so proud of him. The last thing I promised him was that I would carry on with the fundraising.

"I didn't know how I was going to do it but we kept it going and there will be a mole-mapping machine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham."

Last year, Mrs Hull said "Droitwich was in shock" to hear that Mike, a painter and decorator known to many in the town, had died.

Malvern Gazette: Mike Hull died in March 2022 after a long battle with skin cancer.Mike Hull died in March 2022 after a long battle with skin cancer. (Image: Carol Hull)

Mrs Hull thanked everyone who had donated to the fundraisers and highlighted the generosity of people she didn't know.

She said: "So many wonderful people supported us in getting here so I want to thank everyone.

"There were people I did not even know who came to donate which was just so moving.

"When you consider what we all went through during the pandemic and bills constantly rising for everyone, people trusting us with their money and donating is really amazing."

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The mole-mapping machine will have a plaque on it, in honour of Mr Hull and his fundraising achievement.

According to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, digital mole mapping is a safe, non-invasive way of detecting skin cancer.

It uses a specialist digital photo documentation system to map the moles on a person’s entire body.

The photographs produced can then be compared to identify changing or new moles over time.