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| Traveller camp blocks hospital emergency staff car park | Traveller camp blocks hospital emergency staff car park |
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| Hundreds of NHS workers were blocked from parking at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport after French travellers set up camp in the staff car park. | |
| Surgeons, doctors and nurses were turned away after 14 caravans moved onto the staff-designated car park. | Surgeons, doctors and nurses were turned away after 14 caravans moved onto the staff-designated car park. |
| Hospital spokesman Julian Hayman said the travellers told him they would "move on shortly" from the 300-space car park. | |
| A hospital worker, who did not want to be named, said: "Finding a parking space is bad enough normally without this happening first thing. | A hospital worker, who did not want to be named, said: "Finding a parking space is bad enough normally without this happening first thing. |
| "I find it infuriating this situation can be allowed to continue until the families decide to move themselves on. | "I find it infuriating this situation can be allowed to continue until the families decide to move themselves on. |
| "There are doctors and other medical staff who work on emergency cases around the clock. | "There are doctors and other medical staff who work on emergency cases around the clock. |
| "They are being forced to park some distance away all because a group of French travellers fancied the spot to set up camp." | "They are being forced to park some distance away all because a group of French travellers fancied the spot to set up camp." |
| Terry Jones, 64, who was visiting a relative in hospital, said: "Someone could suffer because a doctor is late for their shift. | Terry Jones, 64, who was visiting a relative in hospital, said: "Someone could suffer because a doctor is late for their shift. |
| "It just just shouldn't be allowed to happen. | "It just just shouldn't be allowed to happen. |
| "It may not be politically correct to say it but these people never seem to think about the impact it will have on the rest of us. | "It may not be politically correct to say it but these people never seem to think about the impact it will have on the rest of us. |
| "I hope they realise what a nuisance they are causing to the staff and move on soon." | "I hope they realise what a nuisance they are causing to the staff and move on soon." |