Local services

Press, 29 December 1986, Page 20

Local services

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Burwood: General wards, 3.157.30 p.m. Maternity, 3-4 p.m. and 7.30-8.30 p.m. Spinal Injury Unit, 11.30 a.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.-10 p.m. All wards, 2.30-4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Patients’ children with adult; Sat and Sun., 10.30 a.m to 11 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 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, lON, 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 Swimming Pools.— Queen Elizabeth II Park: 7 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m. to 8.45 p.m. Centennial Pool: Sat., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun., 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Wharenui: Sat., 10.30 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jeltie Park: 11. a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Waltham Park: Sat. and Sun., 1> p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Sockburn: Sat., 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Halswell: 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Templeton: noon to 5 p.m. Edgeware: Sat., 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sun., 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Canterbury Museum.— 10 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 Mssenm.—lo a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Art Galleries.— Robert McDougall: 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily. CS.A.: Sat and Sun., 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public Library.— Reading: Sat and Sun., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Newspaper room. 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 Regent Street): 9.30 a.m. to 11 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, 9 a.m. to 4 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., car Colombo and Gloucester Streets, week-days 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone 68-555. Human Rights Commission and Race Relations Of Hee, 190 Hereford Street: weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. telephone 792-015. REFUSE PITS Metro Refuse Stations: Parkhouse Road, Ruru Road, Sat., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suh., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Styx Mill: Sat., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.