that was surinder tandon speaking. and of course reverend andrew donaldson as well.g to some of these live pictures, this is the press conference being held by greg robertson, the head of surgery. we are expecting some discharges from the intensive care and surgical wards today. in addition to that there is the young girl in starship hospital in auckland, and her condition is still listed as critical. the hospital in christchurch has a good capacity at present and we are well start. we are prioritising those patients from the mosque attack for surgery over the mosque attack for surgery over the coming days, as well as dealing with our business as usual activity, which is as you appreciate, in a single major hospital city, that means we have to do all our work in this centre as usual. presently there are seven acute theatres operating, normally we would be running three on a day like today. many of the patients that are being operated on from the incident require multiple surgeries as a consequence of the complexity of the nature of the injuries, and if there are ques

surinder tandon the group's hindu representative, and reverend andrew donaldson a methodist minister,ing to help bring people together. at this moment it is a time of mourning and providing help to the victims's family. a number of groups have offered the use of their meeting places for press and also they have offered food for the families and friends of the victims and also i must say that they have been holding vigils to offer and pay tribute to the victims. we don't quite is being done now but what about for the future to promote harmony? we will be planning an event and talking to the civic council about that. but christchurch isa council about that. but christchurch is a place where we do have good relationships between the various fates and cultures —— faith, and will want to develop that to produce some... some activity, some places where we can fit together, where we can pray. in terms of reaching out to your congregation, to people from your community. what are you saying to them to tie try to get past the mental trauma? to them to tie try to get past the mentaltrauma? yes,