A petition demanding the scrapping of hospital car parking fees for cancer patients is being delivered today.
The petition will be delivered to the headquarters of the RCSI group of hospitals, demanding that parking fees be scrapped for long term patients and their families.
Cavan General Hospital and Monaghan Hospital are among those run by the RCSI group.
A recent report highlighted the high fees that these patients face with people charged on average over €250 a month in Irish hospitals.
The Uplift petition will be delivered at 3pm today and over 7,400 people have signed it so far.
Campaign Spokesperson Roderick Campbell explains what kind of pressure this puts on cancer patients:
