Radius Residential Care

We have been able to establish limited contact with all three of our facilities in Christchurch and are happy again to confirm there have been no injuries of either staff or residents. The facilities effected are St Ives, St Helena's and St Winifred's.

We have been in contact with all our major suppliers who provide us with essential items such as food, medical supplies, sanitary and hygiene supplies, etc. In all cases these companies have put contingency plans in place to enable the consistent supply of their products to our facilities. Examples of this are our food supplier who has sustained damage to their warehouse in Christchurch, however is running trucks from their Dunedin supply centre daily. Another example is a medicine product supplier, again their warehouse has been damaged in Christchurch, however they are running trucks from Auckland, leaving every day in order for us to maintain a 24 hour order and supply process. The facilities were all well stocked and therefore there is no immediate concern regarding supply of any food items or necessary products.

At the time of this update, the three facilities were still without electricity, however the emergency lighting systems are all operable. The three facilities are also without water from the town water supply, however they all have access to emergency water supply sources.

The pharmacies that supply our medications have provided us with alternatives if required and we can confirm access to medications is not affected. We have canvassed our staff throughout the rest of the country to determine if people would be available to travel to Christchurch if required to assist and have had an overwhelming response from health care assistants, registered nurses and support staff. I am traveling to Christchurch tomorrow (Thursday 24/02/11) and will be able to provide a further update following that visit.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Christchurch.

Brien Cree
CEO