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Wednesday 28 October 2015
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Businesses behind children’s hospital Nurse Sue Smart had a long list of toys that needed to be bought for children at Nelson Hospital, and thanks to a donation from two local businesses she’s been able to throw the list away. Sue, the charge nurse manager of the paediatric ward at Nelson Hospital, says it’s important to have toys for the children to play with while in the hospital. It helps takes their mind off things, gives siblings something to do and can lift the spirits of those there for treatment. But the current toys were getting “tatty” and Sue says they could
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Waimea Weekly and Richmond Mall have donated $2000 for new toys in the children’s ward of Nelson Hospital. With the new toys are from left, Waimea Weekly publisher Steve Page, service manager for women, children and youth Jane Kinsey, charge nurse manager of paediatrics Sue Smart and Richmond Mall manager Belinda de Clercq. Photo: Andrew Board.
Spike in failed drug tests Andrew Board A glut of methamphetamine in Nelson is showing, with a huge increase in the number of failed drug tests by workers. Figures released to Nelson Weekly from The Drug Detection Agency show that more people were caught with metham-
phetamine – otherwise known as P – in their system over the three months from July to September than in all of 2014. That spike has impacted on the general fail rates of drug tests that TDDA give to employees of various companies throughout Nelson and Tasman. In August this year, 8.2 per cent of people
who took a drug test failed, compared to last year’s rate of 4.8 per cent. The national average last year was 6.1 per cent. TDDA says drug tests are given either as part of a pre-employment check, after an on-site accident or as part of a random screening. The majority of people failing
for P were during a random test. Group general manager for TDDA, Glenn Dobson, says these stats show how important drug testing is for workplace safety. “It really isn’t about trying to catch people, rather it’s about ensuring everybody gets
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