December 23, 2005

Over the river and through the woods

It may be easy to get to grandma's house but some MGH employees, volunteers, patients and visitors have found it difficult to make their way through the snow and rain from the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care to the main campus. Here are a few tips for the weary traveler:

• The best route from the Yawkey Center, with the least amount of time spent outside, is to take the North Elevators that service the Burr Proton Therapy Center.
• Exiting the Burr Center, take a left along the sidewalk to curb cut-outs that are ideal for wheelchairs, gurneys, etc.
• It is not recommended to take a right and navigate through traffic to the the main entrance. Because of the taxi stand, the ambulance ramp and the traffic turning into the garages, this route can be unsafe.
• Instead, turn left and cross Fruit Street (toward MEEI) to the Clinics Building;
  travel under the red awning, and enter through the automatic-door entrance at the end of the awning.
• The Clinics Building elevator is located near the entrance and can be taken to
  the ground floor or basement level for easy access into the main building — or take the stairs one flight up.
• This same route can be reversed when leaving the main campus and going to Yawkey. Signs in the Clinics basement lead to the Clinics exit.