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Last updated:
31 October 2024

Some visitor restrictions for all Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury hospitals and health facilities remain in place, but we have relaxed others.

There is still a heightened risk to vulnerable people in hospital and we encourage all people wear a mask when visiting any of our facilities and follow other advice designed to keep patients, staff and visitors safe.

To keep everybody safe:

  • Visitors or support people are advised to not visit our facilities if they are unwell. We advise that you do not visit if you have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and haven’t completed your isolation period.
  • Patients may have more than one visitor, except in some situations such as multi-bed rooms where it can cause overcrowding.
  • Surgical/medical masks are encouraged to be worn at all sites. Masks will be provided if you don’t have one.
  • Please practice hand hygiene with provided alcohol-based hand rub/gel

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.

Visiting patients with COVID-19

  • People can visit patients who have COVID-19 but they must wear a surgical mask as a minimum – please use surgical masks provided.

All of our Hospitals

Visiting hours for our hospitals have returned to pre COVID-19 hours.

All visitors are encouraged to wear a medical face mask.

Parents/caregivers can be with their child in hospital and visitors are now allowed, except for the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Day stay where visitor restrictions might apply.

Patients and visitors can also read the additional COVID-19 related visiting guidelines .

Health warning lifted at Sandy Bay, Canterbury

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Tuesday 8 January 2019Public Health Alert2 minutes to read

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Pictured: Sandy Bay

Pictured: Sandy Bay

Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public Health unit has lifted its health warning at Sandy Bay.

Latest water testing results show faecal bacteria levels in the Sandy Bay area are now below guideline values and the health warning issued on 31 December 2018 has been lifted and the water in Sandy Bay is now safe for recreational use.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey says, “This is great news for swimmers and other recreational water users of Sandy Bay who would have been avoiding the water following the high levels of contamination.”

When a health warning is in place, water quality at affected sites is not considered suitable for recreational uses including swimming because of the risk to health from the bacteria and other pathogens.

Water contaminated by human or animal faecal bacteria may contain a range of disease causing micro-organisms such as viruses, bacteria and protozoa. 

“In most cases the ill-health effects from exposure to contaminated water are minor and short-lived.  However, there is the potential for more serious diseases, such as hepatitis A, giardia, cryptosporosis, campylobacter and salmonella,” Dr Humphrey says.

For more information about Sandy Bay visit the Environment Canterbury website:

http://ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/swimming-water-quality/

For more information on Mahinga kai:

Mahinga Kai

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