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By Chris Brown

Relief for health-care workers and the public

Parking fees suspended at hospital, other AHS facilities

Apr 2, 2020 | 3:12 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Parking fees will suspended at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital and all Alberta Health Services facilities across the province during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Health-care workers and the general public should not have to worry about paying for parking in the midst of responding to COVID-19. Our government will provide whatever resources are needed to protect Albertans during the COVID-19 emergency,” says Health Minister Tyler Shandro in a release.

The release notes that health-care workers and physicians are working from home and others need to work at a variety of sites and that removing parking fees and the need for parking passes will make these transitions easier.

The change will also reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread from touch screens and buttons at payment sites.

Parking violations, such as parking in fire lanes, will continue to be enforced and the temporary suspension will end once visitor restrictions are lifted.

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