As of Friday, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has eliminated parking fees for its guests and visitors. The seven dollar a day fee can be a big concern for those going to the hospital.

Marlene Hunt visited her father every day for months at the hospital in Charlottetown.

"It really added up you know, and it was just really a hardship as a young single parent at the time," she said.

"Even when you go for tests or anything like that, you're kind of upset if it's taking too long and that's just not natural. It's not healthy."

She says that driving herself to the hospital is the the only option.

"We don't have a mass transit system. I can understand in large cities you know that there'd be a fee to encourage you to take your mass transit. But we're a largely rural area."

The Prince Edward Island government says it will have to find another way to make up the $250,000 revenue brought in from parking fees every year.

But in the end, officials thought it was costing Islanders more than it was worth to the province.

"We decided that this was an issue that we think that will help improve access to services and not be an impediment especially for low income Islanders who do have financial challenges here in the province. So this is a way to level the playing field," said Robert Henderson minister of health and wellness for P.E.I.