Patients and staff at a Christchurch hospital are being provided with bottled water after the site's drinking supply was found to be contaminated
Patients and staff at a Christchurch hospital are being provided with bottled water after the site's drinking supply was found to be contaminated
24 December 2018
Canterbury District Health Board confirmed tonight that water at Princess Margaret Hospital, which houses mental health patients including mothers and babies, was unsafe to drink.
It says a contaminant was identified during routine water testing of the hospital's private supply.
It is providing bottled drinking water and is treating the site's water supply with chlorine.
It says the measures would stay in place until the issue was resolved.
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