Mr.GorgeousFluffpot had an Xray today and we parked in the hospital parking bay. He was in there for ten minutes and we had to pay £2 ... yes, £2, for the parking!! I should add that all the local roads around there are double-yellow lines so there's nowhere else to park.
But this hospital is difficult to reach by bus and the nearest train station is a distance away. Mr. GF and I could have walked, if we really wanted to, but some people have no choice if they are ill or infirm.
We pay enough taxes so why should the hospitals then try to charge you, or tax you, on getting there for essential services? What do YOU think?
*goes off in a huff and sits down to compose a very rude letter to the hospital director*!
2007-01-11 04:46:06 · 22 answers · asked by gorgeousfluffpot 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Aaaah, Level8, you are so sweet! Thank you, Mr.GorgeousFluffpot is blushing down to his little fluffy booties!
2007-01-11 04:56:02 · update #1
Up here we don't have to pay for parking at all, in fact, my Son had a doctors appointment at the hospital not so long ago and they not only let me park in the parking garage but they had Vallet and parked my car for me cuz he was running late for his appointment.
In fact, it's quite an inconvieniance for the doctors and nurses here because THEY are the ones who have to pay for parking. Most of them park 10-20 miles away or so and take a bus to the hospital. Apperently they get free bus passes when they work at the hospitals here so they can get to work.. That's the way it should be everywhere.
In Washington, they not only have perferred parking at grocery stores for handicapped, they have perferred parking for women with children too right up next to the door and the kids carts. In fact, it's rare to find a store there that doesn't have child care while your shopping too!!!
THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE!!
2007-01-11 05:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by lividsorrow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's wrong - parkiing should be free. I read of one hospital that said the car parking revenue went to the hospital to help balance the books _ so therefore if we got free parking then they would have to find the money from elsewhere>
the people it really hits are those who have to visit relatives in for a long stay or people who have to keep going in for treatment on a regular basis>
2007-01-11 04:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by Star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
extremely accurate, we've paid, by way of council tax to have those parts outfitted and maintained, so could no longer could pay more effective. Councils say that they use the revenues generated to pay for advancements to public shipping LOL, yet all they're doing is putting money into the wallet of the shipping operating organizations. it really is an similar with many stuff, probable the most awesome being the Royal yacht, Britannia. It become outfitted on taxpayers' money, yet now, you may pay to take a go searching it.
2016-12-29 03:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by luelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a disgrace!! My 83 year old father has to make regular trips to the hospital often to be there for 9am. There are no busses or trains close to the hospital so he has no choice but to drive and he often has to spend £15!! Yes £15 on the car park!!
2007-01-11 07:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can understand your anger. I was rushed into redditch hospital at 1am in the morning a few weeks ago and my husband followed the ambulance in his car. Obviously when we got there he parked and tracked my down in A&E. After about 4 hours I was transferred to a war and he atyed with me until 8 am in theorning . At that point I was morphined up to the eyeballs so he went 'home' to get some sleep and sort out some night things for me (I was in for 8 days). When he went to get the car he disciverd that he had to pay £7.50 to get out. Short of leaving me in agny on my own in hospital he really had not had a choice - so yes . i think it is appalling
2007-01-11 05:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is totally wrong that hospitals should charge people to park there here in the Isle of Man we have a 111 million hospital that was opened 4 years ago and nobody has ever been charged for parking there and that is the way it should be
2007-01-11 04:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they should charge either. My father was in ICU for over two weeks and where the hospital was located I had no choice but to use their parking area and pay the fee's. I was there everyday for over two weeks for 8 to 10 hrs. each day.
2007-01-11 05:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope his letter gets things changed. It's wrong. If the hospital won't budge, they better figure out a way of putting it on an insurance claim form because if I need treatment or have to go to the hospital on an emergency, I'm not going to think about having cash on me.
2007-01-11 04:50:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's maddening, isn't it?
But people who are visiting hospital often (either themselves or visiting family for a long time) should discuss the situation with the ward sister as it is possible to get the charges reimbursed in some cases.
2007-01-11 04:51:02 · answer #9 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's wrong the amount that they charge to park in a hospital, very wrong. Just another wrong thing with health care.
2007-01-11 04:48:54 · answer #10 · answered by Penelope Yelsopee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋