… because council bosses won’t let him install a ramp – writes the daily mail
Banned: Council bosses refused to let a dental surgery install a stairlift in the Grade II listed building
A dentist was forced to treat a wheelchair-bound 99-year-old woman in the street – because town hall planners said making disabled access would ruin the historic surgery.
Frail Mary Hedges had to be given a full check over in a busy shopping precinct because the bureaucrats said a ramp or stairlift would not be in keeping with the Grade II Listed building.
The pensioner said she hated the indignity of having her teeth examined with people staring at her.
The practicality of having the oral examination outside the Daventry Dental Practice in the Northamptonshire town meant she could not be treated properly and was suffering from toothache afterwards. (more…)
