Rising Hospital Parking Charges: Is it Fair?

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I have noticed on recent visits to my local hospital (wife's appointment, not me this time) how much hospital parking charges have risen. Some years back, when I was visiting for ostovisits, it was about £1.20 per hour. It is now £1.80 UK (2.86 US). I only want to park my car; I have no desire to actually purchase the car park.

It is also potluck if the department/doctor/surgeon/nurse is running on time. Your visit time can also tick over into the 3rd or 4th hours. Thus, being a couple of minutes late back to your car can cost you an extra full hour's parking charge.



I did, however, visit a friend in hospital recently, at a town 30 miles from me. Guess what? Parking was free!!

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WAB
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Be thankful.........here (Montreal).

Hit the full-day cost of 25; Canadian after 90 minutes. (21 US)...............and doctors are never on time.......I was in Florida and not one hospital charged parking rates that I went to........free parking....

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They have raised the parking prices here as well, especially around the hospital downtown. It really added up paying for parking every day I had radiation (25 days) even though we only had to park for an hour or so. I did some looking around and found a residential street just outside of the hospital campus that charges half of what the streets are right by the hospital.

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Wow! Just... wow! Here in France, they think hospital car park charges are a foreign plot, and nobody has them.

When I had chemo in the UK, I blanched at the parking fees: when I complained about them to the unit secretary, she quietly produced a bag of tokens giving free parking for regular patients. Have you tried that? I made a habit of cultivating the parking attendants as well. They decided I was a nice vicar and became most obliging, often lifting up the barrier to let me through.

When we moved from there to a new area, my appointments were at a big hospital in the nearby city. Prices were high there, but when I turned up wearing the Ring of Confidence (cut them out of Fairy Liquid detergent bottles, remember to wear them with the white side out!), I was allowed to buy a Clergy Parking Pass, which gave me unlimited parking at £30 a year!

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Chris, you sound like a one-man Monty Python sketch.

WAB
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WAB - Nothing like me - haven't had hair like that in 40 years!

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No parking charges at my hospital, and they even offer valet parking. You drive up to the door, get out, and they park your car for you. Again, no charge!!

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Charging for parking?! That is ridiculous! Never have I paid to park at a hospital! They charge such a high fee for the doctor or hospital visit, it is a crime to charge more knowing you have to drive there and park somewhere!

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