Nova Scotia hospitals to offer free parking starting May 1

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Nova Scotia hospitals to offer free parking starting May 1 – CBC

by tmnationtalk on May 1, 202532 Views

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Premier Tim Houston is going ahead with an election promise to eliminate parking fees at health-care sites in Nova Scotia starting Thursday morning.

The move was a pledge from all three parties in the last provincial election, but came with concerns that parking is already an issue at busy locations like the IWK Health Centre and Victoria General Hospital in Halifax and Dartmouth General Hospital.

Houston said people have been eager to see the change.

“This is about people that are going to health appointments,” he said. “This is about people that are visiting somebody that is interacting with the health-care system. This is a good thing.”

It was welcome news to Jeanette Stevenson. The Bible Hill, N.S., resident is a patient at the Victoria General and her daughter visits several times a week.