MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper's battle to have Mildura Base Hospital returned to public management had a personal drive at its centre.

Over her eight months in office, Ms Cupper has lobbied the Victorian Government to listen to the voices of concern in the community over Ramsay Health Care's management of the hospital.

But it was not just about politics for Ms Cupper.

Her cousin Ilona Legin was...