The worst hospital rip-offs

If you're stuck in hospital or visiting a sick friend or relative, things can be difficult enough. But rip-off charges for everything from phone calls to parking can make the experience financially, as well as emotionally, draining.

I've had the misfortune to have a close relative in hospital for the past 10 days. The circumstances alone are bad enough but the experience has also introduced me to the another hospital rip-off: Patientline, a service which offers hospital patients a bedside telephone, TV and radio service.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%