Karen Brown returns to Christchurch to assess how services are coping and what the future holds.
Counting the damage.
Plastic sheeting attempts to reduce dust from repairs.
Repairs under way at Cristchurch Women's Hospital.
New temporary outpatient department takes shape.
New temporary outpatient facilities on the way.
Repairs
Engineering and facilities chiefs Wayne Lawson and Alan Bavis in the badly damaged hospital dental services facility.
Hospital on the mend, with the emergency water tanks needed last year to provide pressure for the sprinkler system.
Selwyn Street Medical and the Village Pharmacy next door -- still working but in a now-quiet street.
Selwyn GP Vicki Martin - many of her patients left town.
Home care: patient Colleen Briggs, with husband Brian, is being cared for at home.
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