Local services

Press, 3 August 1985, Page 12

Local services

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Burwood.— General wards, 3.15-7.30 p.m. Maternity, 3-4 p.m. and 8-8.30 p.m. Spinal Unit, 11 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Southern Cross Trust Hospital.— 11 a.m.-noon, 3-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Christchurch Hospital.—2.3o- - p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Children’s ward, 2-5 p.m., parents any time. Christchurch Women’s.—All wards: 2.30 p.m.-4.30 p.m., 7 p.m.8 p.m. Fathers 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Patient’s children accompanied by an adult, 10.30 a.m.-ll a.m. St George’s.—ll a.m. to 8 p.m. Maternity, 2.30-3.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Princess Margaret.—2.3o-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Sunnyside Hospital.—2-7 p.m. Other times by arrangement. BUSES TO HOSPITALS Included below are the numbers of the Christchurch Transport Board buses that stop directly outside the main city hospitals:— Christchurch Hospital, from Square: Take a No. 8, 21, 24, or

25' bus. To Square: Any bus marked 3, 10, 28, or 29. The Princess Margaret: Takahe 2D, P.M. Hospital 2E, P.M. Hospital 20E. Burwood: New Brighton 10H, 10N, 29H. Sunnyside: Take a No. 7 bus. Christchurch Women’s: Take a No. 4 bus. St George’s: Take a No. 1 bus. Southern Cross: Mays Road 18, or any No. 4 bus. LEISURE Swimming Pools.—Bishop Memorial Pool: Closed. Queen Elizabeth II Park: Closed. Centennial Pool: Closed. Jellie Park: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wharenui Pool: Saturday, 10.30 a.m. to noon, and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Woolston Park: Closed. Halswell and Sockburn Pools: Closed. Templeton Pool: Closed. Waltham Park Lido Pool: Closed. Edgeware: Closed. Ferrymead Historic Park.— Daily 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.. Yaldburst Transport Museum.— 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lyttelton Museum. —2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Canterbury Museum—lo a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Art Galleries.—Robert McDougall: 12 noon to 5.30 p.m. CSA: 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public Library.- Reading only, 2-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Newspaper room, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon Sat. Lending 10 a.m. to 12 noon Sat. Children’s librarry, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Wildlife Parks.—Orana: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Willowbank: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Christchurch Town Hail.— Tours daily, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Telephone 68-899 for information. SERVICES Emergency Doctor.—lf you cannot contact your doctor or a doctor in your area, telephone 69-133. Emergency Dentist: If you cannot contact your dentist, telephone 69-133 for information. Urgent Pharmacy (15 New Regent Street).—9.3o a.m. to 11 p.m. Co-ordinating Centre for Geriatric and Domiciliary Services (24-hour service).—Telephone 559-169. Alcoholics Anonymous.—Telephone 790-860. Canterbury Information Centre (corner Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace), 799-629, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Community Law Centre, (84 Worcester Street).—Saturday, 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Answerphone 66-870. Citizens’ Advice Bureaux.— City, telephone 68-413; Hornby, telephone 495-236; Bisbopdale, telephone 598-090. Aged Peoples’ Welfare Council, 60-64 Cashel Street, telephone 60-903. REFUSE PITS Heathcote:Closed. Metro Refuse Stations (Parkhouse Road, Sockburn, and Ruru Road, Bromley): 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun.