Platform lifts are commonly used to improve access to a building or level:
its helps the transport of people with physical disabilities who find it difficult or impossible to use stairs which also includes people with limited mobility or visually impaired.
The ability for people with injuries to have access to different levels which could even be an injured person. However, platform lifts grant easy access to medical personnel, equipment and people that need medical attention or have been injured.
Families with new born children, push chairs or prams can also benefit from a platform lift.
Sometimes even moving goods and merchandise, especially if it weighs more than what can be comfortably carried by hand, is easy with a platform lift. However, this should be done only on approval from installer and platform supplier.