A queue for the car park at The Beaumont Hospital in Dublin
Via Tony McCullagh in The Dublin People
These days, you have to queue just to get into a hospital car park. On two occasions last month, I personally witnessed long tailbacks into Beaumont Hospital’s car park.
Some of the frustrated motorists stuck in their cars may have been visiting sick friends or relatives, but others would have had appointments of varying degrees of urgency to attend.
As a result, there was absolute chaos as people scrambled to find alternative parking in nearby residential areas.
And when I say nearby, I mean at least a 20-minute walk away, heaping further pressure on those already late for appointments. The word fiasco really doesn’t do it justice…
Now we have to queue for parking at our hospitals (Tony McCullagh, The Dublin People)
Pic: Darren Kinsella (Dublin People)
Beaumont has always been like that. they’ve seriously needed a multi story car park for years
And your solution is……………………………..?
Use public transport.
When I was at Beaumont recently even the bus was held up in the queueSu
I do every time I can , but sometimes my illness is so bad , I have to drive as I can barely walk …
You having chemo Phil?
I wonder what the solution to parking at the worlds most expensive hospital will be like, will there be enough spaces, will you be charged an arm and a leg?
Parking prices will be advertised as one thing, but you’ll pay a multiple of it on the way out…
a queue for a carpark
ground breaking work lads
IKEA looks like this at peak visiting times too. Has more beds though.
five minute walk if you park outside the grounds, find a side street. If they don’t have a sign at the entrance showing the car spaces available, they should get one installed so drivers know what they’re getting into before entering the grounds.