Parking
Visitor parking is free for the first 30 minutes at all Brightshores Health System hospital locations. After 30 minutes, the following fees will apply (excluding Lion’s Head Hospital where parking is free at the front and back of the building):
- Daily, one-time entry – $5.50
- Daily, unlimited entry – $9.00
- 5-Day pass – $22.00
- 30-Day pass – $55.00
Daily, 5-Day, and 30-Day passes are available at the Business Offices. All hospitals also have accessible parking spaces.
Brightshores, in some circumstances, has to issue parking tickets. Parking tickets can be given in any of our roadways or parking lots if a violation has taken place. We need to issue tickets to ensure traffic moves smoothly, to ensure emergency access routes are clear, and to make sure accessible parking spaces are available.
At the Owen Sound Hospital, the City of Owen Sound manages all parking tickets. If you are wanting to appeal your hospital-based parking ticket, please follow the instructions on the ticket to launch an appeal.
The height of the payment kiosks in Southampton may require assistance for those in wheelchairs.
Ambulance
If you come to hospital in an ambulance and have a valid OHIP card you will be charged a $45.00 co-payment. If you are from out of country, another province, or your healthcard is invalid; you will be charged $240.
Transportation
When you are discharged from hospital, and well enough to go home, you are required to arrange and pay for your own transportation. If you are being transferred directly to another hospital, you will not be charged, and your transportation will be organized by the hospital. Speak to your nurse if you have transportation questions.
Non-Urgent Patient Transfer Information
*this is for patients who are well, and do not require an ambulance