Sir – Further to Virginia Pasley’s letter Nowhere to perch (September 9) I would like to mention two more seatless hospital bus stops.
The bus stop nearest to the entrance to the West Wing at the John Radcliffe Hospital and the one used by the No 10 Osler Road/ Headington shops-bound bus just beyond the roundabout near the John Radcliffe Hospital’s main entrance both do not have seats.
I recently saw a man on two crutches, with one leg in plaster and one arm heavily bandaged, obviously in great discomfort and exhausted, attempting to ‘perch’ on a very low wooden mini-fence near the West Wing stop. The fence was too low for the man to sit on. A seat in the bus shelter would have eased his discomfort while he was waiting for a bus.
At the Number 10 bus-stop near the JR main entrance, people perch on the nearby flower-boxes.
It does seem somewhat inconsistent, and very thoughtless, for bus stops around the city used by able-bodied passengers to have adequate seating, while those at hospitals do not.
Thelma Sanders, Headington
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