The cost of getting care and getting there: why is hospital parking so expensive in Australia?

‘Close relatives of the chronically ill have enough to worry about without also needing to stress about parking fees,’ Ranjana Srivastava writes. Photograph: KDP/Getty Images

“Every minute of your delay costs me money,” a patient grumbles, brandishing a parking ticket.

“I am sorry,” I sympathise. “Let’s finish up as quickly as we can.”