Local services

Press, 24 December 1986, Page 11

Local services

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Hours for Christmas Day are listed separately below Burwood: General wards, 3.157.30 p.m. Maternity, 3-4 p.m. and 7.30-8.30 p.m. Spinal Injury Unit, 4 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Christchurch Hospital: 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Children’s Ward, 2-5 p.m., parents any time. Christchurch Women’s: Baby’s father only, 7 a.m.-lO p.m. All wards, 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Patients' children with adult; week-days, 10.30 a.m to 11.30 a.m. St George's: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Maternity, 2.30-3.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Princess Margaret: 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Sunnyside Hospital: 2-7 p.m. Other times by arrangement. CHRISTMAS DAY Burwood: open visiting all day in general and maternity wards. Spinal injury open visiting also, with visitors to ring in if in doubt. Christchurch Hospital: visiting all day in all wards. Christchurch Women’s: Baby’s father only, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. AU wards, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Patients’ children with adult — weekdays 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. St Georges: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Maternity, 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Princess Margaret: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunnyside Hospital: visiting all day. 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 the Square: Take a No. 8, 21, 24, or 25 bus. To Square: Any bus marked City, or any No. 3, 10, 28, or 29 bus. The Princess Margaret: 2D, 2E, or 20E. Burwood: 10H, 10N, 29H. Sunnyside: A No. 7 bus. Christchurch Women’s: A No. 4 bus. St George’s: A No. 1 bus. Southern Cross Trust Hospital: Take a No. 4 or 18 bus. LEISURE All city swimming pools closed » Christmas Day. Swimming Pools. — Queen Elizabeth II Park: Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. Centennial Pool: Monday to Thursday, 7 a.m. to 11.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m. to 5.45 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., 12 noon to 1.45 p.m. (adults only). Friday, 7 a.m. to 11.45 a.m., 1.45 p.m. to 6 p.m., 12 noon to 1.45 p.m. (adults only) Wharenui: Monday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. (adults only). Tuesday to Thursday, 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. (adults only). Friday, 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. (adults only). Wednesday, 1.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (women only), public sessions Monday to Friday, 3.15 to 5 p.m. Jellie Park: Week-days, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Waltham Park: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.,

4.45 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (adults), 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (club). Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Sockbum: Week-days, 7 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. Baisweil: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Templeton: Week-days, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Edgeware: Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Canterbury Museum.—lo a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily.

Lyttelton Museum.— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ferrymead Historic Park.— 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. Yaldhurst Transport Museum.—lo a.m. to 5 p.m. dally. Art Galleries.—Robert McDougall: 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. C.S.A.: Week-days, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public Library.— Lending and reading: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Newspaper room: Week-days, 8.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Children’s Library: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wildlife Parks.—Orana: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Willowbank: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. SERVICES Emergency Doctor—lf you cannot contact your doctor or a doctor in your area, telephone 69-133. Emergency home help.— Nurse Maude, telephone 556-089. Emergency dentist.—lf you cannot contact your dentist, telephone 69-133 for information. Urgent Pharmacy (15 New Re-

gent Street): Monday to Thursday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 9.30 p.m. to II p.m., telephone 64-439. Alcoholics Anonymous.—Telephone 790-860. Citizens’ Advice Bureaux.— City, telephone 66-490 Hornby, telephone 495-236; Bishopdale, telephone 598-090. Aged Peoples’ Welfare Council, help for the elderly in their homes, 64 Cashel Street-Tele-phone 60-903. Canterbury Information Centre (corner Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace), telephone 799629, week-days, 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Community Law Centre, 84 Worcester Street: Monday to Thursday: 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Saturday: 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Continuous Ansaphone service, telephone 66-870. Geriatric and domiciliary services (24-hour service), telephone 63-225. Community Mediation Service, 203 Gloucester Street: Week-days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Anasphone service. Mediation sessions arranged to suit, telephone 64-744. Ombudsman.— General Finance Building., cnr Colombo and Gloucester Streets, week-days 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone 68-555. Human Rights Commission and Race Relations Office, 190 Hereford Street: weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. telephone 792-015. REFUSE PITS Metro Refuse Stations: Parkhouse Road, Ruru Road, Styx Mill Road, week-days, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.