A MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer has said she is prepared to campaign for more provision of mobility scooters for the disabled and elderly at a Borehamwood superstore.

Mother-of–three Frances Gershinson, 60, has had MS for 30 years and she regularly uses the 24-hour Tesco, in Shenley Road, for her shopping.

Her condition got worse when she collapsed more than two years ago and her husband, Alan, is her official carer and helps her shop.

Last week the Borehamwood & Elstree Times reported on disabled shopper Carol Ellison, 50, from Edgware, who also criticised the store for the lack of mobility scooters available for customers.

Mrs Gershinson said: “I couldn’t forget the day when my MS got worse. It was President Obama’s inauguration and I actually collapsed in Tesco.

“It affects my legs and I never know what kind of a day I am going to have. I didn’t go out for three months after it happened. I was terrified I would keep falling over.

“It’s an indiscriminate disease and I take each day as it comes. After about six months I decided I needed to get out and so I went shopping with my husband and my son.

“I can not bear being stuck in the house. I went there half a dozen times and the scooters were not working each time.

“Also, when my husband is paying for the shopping I need to sit down and there are a lack of chairs. There used to be four sets of double chairs but that has cut down to two sets of chairs.

“I feel terrible for the elderly who need the scooters and have to walk around. I would be in full support of a campaign to make Tesco realise how little they do to help the elderly and disabled.

"I have complained to them quite a lot already."

Tesco spokesman Rory Stoves said: "We recognise the importance of the mobility scooters to Mrs Gershwinson and are working hard to get them repaired as quickly as possible.

“We have three new manual wheelchairs in store and while they are not a direct replacement for the mobility scooters, they do provide another option for our customers."