Cork hospital parking charges cost patients and visitors €2.6m in 2010

PATIENTS and their families are being forced to pay almost €2.6 million in car park fees every year — the equivalent of €7,100 a day — at one of the country’s largest hospitals.

The annual gross income for hospital parking charges in 2010 showed that Cork University Hospital had the highest income at €2.6 million, followed by Waterford Regional Hospital at €1,390,803, Galway University Hospital €947,365, and Kerry General Hospital €858,391.

The figures revealed last night on RTÉ’s The Consumer Show also showed high parking charges at MRH Limerick, Connolly Hospital, Beaumont and Wexford General Hospital.