Then, the person who rents the chair - you know, the sick or disabled dude - is responsible for 'cleaning' the chair before and after use. So, yes, to answer Council Estates Media's question of 'if you bleed do you have to clean it up?' - indeed you do. When people pitch up in A&E no-one knows what ails them - some are very ill and cannot look after themselves while waiting for medical attention - if you have no family or friends to help - well, you're stuffed again. And what about proper infection control? Just gone out of the window.
The person renting the chair is responsible for returning it and logging it out on the computer system. This requires you to input the wheelchair's number which is on the side of the chair. So, you have to be capable of using a keyboard - not necessarily the case if you've gone to A&E with hand or arm injuries. And what about those who become separated from the wheelchair - say when they go into a cubicle for treatment and fine the chair gone when they come out? Or those who can't return the chair because they're admitted to hospital or are unconscious? Their cards will be charged until the wheelchair is logged out.
It's really quite unbelievable - I cannot grasp the mentality of hospital administrators who've agreed to this. It is genuinely wicked.
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