Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:24 am
Phil Wheble, Incident Controller, West Coast DHB
Flood event.
From 4pm this afternoon all health
services usually based in the Buller Health Centre will be
relocated and up and running in the facility.
This
comes after an outstanding effort from our DHB staff and a
number of skilled contractors who have worked tirelessly to
get the building back in a safe state for
reoccupation.
When the Health Centre was evacuated due
to flooding on 17 July, Club Buller in Westport became a
temporary base for clinical services including an inpatient
ward and acute assessment area. It also became headquarters