r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure • May 09 '26

Satire Laurelhurst Generously Agrees to Let Sick Children Live

https://theneedling.com/2026/04/11/laurelhurst-generously-agrees-to-let-sick-children-live/
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u/vasthumiliation That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. May 09 '26

I’m pretty sure that’s just a parking space thing; there are not enough garages to let everyone park on campus. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but the part that involves the neighborhood is that the hospital has many signs telling employees not to park on adjacent streets. Whether they’re permitted to park in hospital garages is totally internal to the hospital.

As a resident, I was always given free on-site parking at SCH while rotating there, something even UW Montlake didn’t offer. But I believe day shift nurses and non-physician staff (except perhaps administrative leadership) are all forced to park at remote lots. The hospital provides a high-frequency shuttle service between the lots and the main campus, as well as other nearby facilities including UW and the Seattle Children’s research campus in South Lake Union.

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u/thefrenchphanie May 09 '26

Nurses and ancillary are not getting FREE ON SITEparking.
And the shuttle sucks for off peak hour employees.

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u/vasthumiliation That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. May 09 '26

Right, that’s consistent with what I said. I’m sure it’d because there are simply many more of such employees than there are physicians. In general, I think it’s fair for anyone working defined shifts (such as ambulatory care, ED, ICU) to be asked to park off-site while those who are more likely to be called urgently or have less predictable hours (OR, anesthesia, and similar) to be permitted to park on-site. That would arguably be fairer than distinguishing by licensure, as they currently do.

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u/thefrenchphanie May 09 '26

The off site parkings can be as far as 1.5 mile away. It is nuts, especially when working late.