Parking Crisis at CWM Hospital

I respectfully write this open letter to the Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr Ifereimi Waqanibete regarding the parking crisis at the CWM Hospital.

It is a long standing issue and seems to be getting worse by the day.

People dread to take their vehicles to this hospital for fear of being booked by officers of the Land Transport Authority or the Police. It has really become a nightmare!

While I fully appreciate that the Ministry is currently battling with the impact of Coronavirus in our country this parking crisis needs the urgent attention of the ministry as thousands of people visit the CWM on a daily basis.

I humbly suggest that a multi-storey car park be built in the space next to the New Wing by removing the two dilapidated government quarters.

Alternatively, the current NDC (National Disciplinary Committee) be removed to make way for a modern multi-storey car park or the gully adjacent to the Pacific Eye Center seems to be a reasonably logical place.

This carpark can be based on the user-pay concept. People will be happy to pay for safe parking. For this, private or foreign funding can be sourced.