According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, when a mother of Brisbane took a bus with her son at the Kunzhou Children`s Hospital in South Brisbane, she did not expect to be told by the driver that they were not fit to take the bus. The city of Brisbane has apologized to the mother and her son for it.
On Monday afternoon, Sarah Thomas and his 10-year-old son, Lewis Railton, tried to catch a bus at Mater Hill Station. The two had just left Kunzhou Children`s Hospital, where Railton had a medical examination.
Thomas said bus drivers refused to let them in, saying his son`s wheelchair was not suitable for the bus.
"the bus stopped and some passengers got off the bus. The driver said he couldn`t take me and tried to drive away. I told him to stop and ask what it was. He said the car was too full. I got in the car and looked at it. There were at least 20 passengers on it. I told him that if I didn`t let my son in the car, I would complain, and he shrugged and said he couldn`t help it, so he closed the door and drove away. "
As part of his epilepsy treatment, Lewis3, who suffered from epilepsy at the age of age, did an EEG at the hospital, during which he was unable to sleep.
Adrian Schrinner, deputy mayor of Brisbane, said surveillance footage showed that the driver had done something wrong.
"the city has seen surveillance footage of the incident, and we agree that there is still room on the bus for passengers to sit."
He said the matter was "very disappointing".
The city government has invested heavily in making buses and bus stops easy for passengers with disabilities. Bus drivers should have asked other passengers to make way for wheelchairs so they could reach their destination safely and quickly. It is the idea of the city to ensure that urban public transport services are inclusive, and bus drivers have received additional training to allow wheelchair-bound people to ride. "
Schrinner said the bus driver was advised and staff had apologized to Thomas and his son.
One reason for the concern is that hundreds of hospital patients take a ride at the station where it happened every day, propagandist Geoff Trappett said.
"it is abominable to have such a special place. You know, buses pick up people from hospitals, and you thought these drivers were trained. "it was not expected that such a terrible tragedy could happen, or even shake the foundations of bus suppliers in Kunzhou," said Thomas, saying public transport authorities needed to take the matter seriously.
"my hope is that if this happens again, people will be able to speak up, not to tolerate this behavior, living in a disabled world is already very difficult, whether you have a disability or the person you care for has a disability, it is the same. There are a lot of things we have to deal with every day, and it`s a problem that we have to deal with. "
