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Parking trauma thing of the past
Visitors to Dubai’s busiest hospital can now heave a sigh of relief as a substantial number of parking slots have been added to its emergency department’s visitors parking.
Lack of parking spaces has always stood out like a sore thumb at Rashid Hospital and a number of visitors have complained, adding that it takes them at least an hour to find a parking space even during emergencies. Last year, over 550 walk-in patients visited the hospital’s trauma centre per day, while several others were in-patients.
“Though I do not need to visit the hospital regularly, but even the few times I have gone, it’s been a nightmare,” said Falak Khan: “If someone is a patient or even accompanying a patient during an emergency, how long can one wait to find a parking slot,” she said. “This is a hospital and there should be ample space for all,” she added. Keeping in mind the huge number of patients and visitor turnout at the hospital daily, parking has been a problem until now, said a senior officer from the Dubai Health Authority.
“In 2012 we increased the parking spaces by 15 per cent,” said Yousif Mohammed Ibrahim, Director of Finance and Administration at the authority.
With an addition of 172 more parking spaces, the total number of spaces now stands at 1,091. “These 172 spaces are only for visitors to the trauma centre and the MRI department,” he added.
“This is a Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) expansion project and this year it should be expanded further,” said Yousif: “We also have 49 spaces at the back of the hospital near the pharmacy side.”
A number of people also said that valet parking touted as a service, was in fact, blocking parking spaces. Visitors can pay Dh15 for valet parking for the entire day.
“We do not need to park for a whole day since we won’t be sitting with a patient for the entire day,” said a visitor Mohammed Asif. “This actually blocks parking spaces for people when they need them in a real emergency,” he added.
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