I agree absolutely with Tony. Wheel-chairs are meant for patients who are unable to or should not walk. These clients of the hospital should be wheeled by support staff trained to use wheelchairs - NOT by relatives.
What nonsense is GMC up to? I have never seen or heard of such callous dereliction of a duty towards a patient especially one who is (temporarily or permanently) unable to walk without assistance. About the deposit - First of all, I hope there is no statutory provision for this discriminatory act against the disabled. Secondly, I suggest that disabled human beings are significantly different from airport baggage. Even civilian airports know this. That is why they have (paid) baggage trolley for baggage BUT assisted wheelchair service for humans who are unable to walk. I would have thought that the doctors at GMC would have been a wee bit more sensitive to the needs of the disabled when compared to the airline personnel at Dabolim. It appears that they are not. Bravo GMC! Bravo for nothing! jc --- 2008/9/28 Tony de Sa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The .. wheel chairs are free and supposed to be handled by the staff of GMC and not patient's relatives, (It is) a question of demeaning the person requesting for a chair by .....by demanding a deposit when there is no such provision in the Hospital rules!.
