Life is getting back to normal at Montecillo Veterans Home and Hospital, in Dunedin, after a lightning strike threw numerous systems out just over a week ago.
The strike last Friday affected telephones, computers, TVs, fire alarms, the lift and the nurse call bell system.
The lift was promptly repaired, and work on other systems was under way, but all were functioning again.
The situation was in the ''fine-tuning'' stage.
''We're pretty close to being normal now,''
a spokesman said yesterday afternoon.
Not all of the phones and computers had been affected by the ''act of God''.
The Fire Service worked with the home in the aftermath, and extra staff were rostered on due to the temporary call bell and fire alarm outage.
''We're very quiet about this because ... while the building didn't look like it had changed, there were things that really needed to be worked up again because they'd been damaged.''
