It's something I learned from my college friends, who live in Rochester. Wheelchairs are everywhere, when you stay in a hotel, there will be chairs in the hallway, just left there. From the article, in 2014, there are over 1000 wheelchairs

Mayo Clinic has 1,180 wheelchairs in its Rochester fleet, largely for patient transport. It loses up to 150 chairs each year, says general services manager Ralph Marquez, who oversees patient equipment.

At $550 each, that could be as much as $82,500 a year.

"Yes, it's a financial burden to us from that standpoint, but it's also a service we provide,"