Patients and their families are being forced to pay extraordinary prices on each hospital visit with Melbourne health services taking in record profits from carparking.
The city’s largest health services have collectively made $45.4 million in profits last year, according to a Herald Sun report. Benefiting hospitals include St Vincent’s, the Royal Melbourne and the Alfred.
An analysis has revealed total profits spiking 25 percent since 2015 – despite the state government requesting “fairer” fees to support “vulnerable patients and their families”.
Hospitals have adopted discounted rates and yet carpark-derived revenue has only continued to grow across all businesses, with the exception of Royal Women’s Hospital.
Opposition health spokeswoman Mary Wooldridge has slammed the government for failing to adequately “relieve the growing pressure on household budgets”.
“Victorians should not have to cut short treatments or be unable to see a loved one in hospital because they cannot afford the massive slug from carparking fees,” Ms Wooldridge said.
Austin Health, which recorded a carparking revenue profit of $11.5 million last year, currently charges a maximum daily parking rate of $30.
It does however offer a $3-a-day parking fee for those patients making multiple weekly visits over an extended period of time.
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