| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:The cost of Hospital Parking...and another thing... | |
| Posted by: | Bernadette Paul | |
| Date/Time: | 23/11/05 09:24:00 |
| Yes Phil you would think so wouldn't you but from my happily limited experience of hospital visiting I can tell you that they are not aware of limits of the number of visitors or perhaps they choose to ignore it. My sister suffered a heart attack in March this year and my nephew drove her to Ealing hospital where he had to practiaclly resort to violence towards a warden trying to ticket him as he dropped my sister off whilst she was in the throws of suffering the heart attack. My sister was admitted and of course I visited her regularly. Parking at Ealing hospital is not only an expensive business but also a nightmare to try and find a space. From memory I am pretty sure each patient was allowed 2 visitors at a time as a maximum however there would frequently be large groups of people visiting "immigrants". The nurses would try and get some to leave but often to no avail. My sister was then moved to Du Cane Road for another couple of weeks where the same problems with numbers of visitors occurred amongst the "immigrant" inmates. If I was visiting my sister and someone else arrived I would go and wait outside or take my leave but it was always a problem trying to disperse the "immigrant" patient's visitors. Anyway back to car parking - it is a disgrace but it's revenue for someone? Therefore as with most other cash cows that have been reared over the last decade or so, I fear that car parking fees in hospitals is here to stay. |