Local services

Press, 18 November 1989, Page 17

Local services

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Burwood.—General wards, 3.15 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Child patients may be visited by their parents anytime. Maternity, 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; also patient’s own children with adult may visit on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Spinal injuries unit, week-ends, 11.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Christchurch Hospital.—2.3o-

4.30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Children’s ward, 2-8 p.m., parents any time. Some wards allow open visiting hours, please enquire. Christchurch Women’s.— All wards: 2.30 p.m;-4.30 p.m., 7 p.m.8 p.m. Fathers, 7 a.m.-8.30 p.m. Patients’ children accompanied by an adult, 10.30 a.m.-11.30 a.m. at the week-end. Visitors are not permitted to smoke in this hospital. St George’s.—ll a.m. to 12 noon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 7 p.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. Southern Cross Trust Hospital.— •11 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Templeton Hospital: All wards, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. 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 the Square, take any bus marked City, or any No. 3, 10, 28 or 29 bus. Princess Margaret: Take a No. 2D, 2E or 20E bus. Burwood Hospital: Take a No. 10H, 10N or 29H bus. Sunnyside Hospital: Take a No. 7 bus. Christchurch Women’s Hospital: Take a No. 4 bus. St George’s Hospital: Take a No. 1 bus.

Southern Cross Trust Hospital: Take a No. 4 or 18 bus. SERVICES Emergency Doctor.—lf you cannot contact your doctor or a doctor in your area, telephone 669-133 or the after hours medical service, telephone 657-777. Emergency Home Help.— Nurse Maude, telephone 556-089. Emergency Dentist: If you cannot contact your dentist, telephone 669-133 for information. Urgent Pharmacy (corner Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street). —Week-ends, 9.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Telephone 664-439. Legal referral centres (Canterbury District Law Society): Ring Citizens’ Advice Bureau, 666-490, or check page 747 of the “Yellow Pages.” Canterbury Information Centre (comer Worcester St and Oxford Tee): telephone 799-629, weekends and public holidays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. REFUSE PITS Metro Refuse Stations (Parkhouse Road. Metro Place (off

Dyers Road), and Styx Mill, : Daily, 7.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. LEISURE SWIMMING POOLS Q.E.11: Today, 7 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Jellle Park: Indoor pool weekends, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., outdoor pools, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Centennial: Outdoor pools, 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. week-ends. Sockbum: Saturday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Edgeware, Halswell, Templeton: 12 noon to 5 p.m. week-ends. Woolston Park; all closed. Wharenui: Saturday, 10.30 to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Canterbury Museum: 10 a.m.-. 4.30 p.m. Ferrymead Park: 10 a.m.- 4.30 p.m.

Lyttelton Museum: Sat., Sun., 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Yaldhurst Transport Museum; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. R.N.Z.A.F. Museum: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Robert McDougall Art Gallery: Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4.30 p.m. C.S.A.: Week-end 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Public library: Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, reading only, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Children’s library: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WILDLIFE PARKS Orana Park: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Willowbank: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Canterbury Information Centre: Sat., Sun., pub. hols., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.