The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
The Bone Marrow Unit is a 15 bed, purpose built unit. The unit has 9 single isolation rooms. All these rooms have ensuites, televisions, videos, DVD, Sky TV, telephones, radios and CD players to help make the patients stay in isolation a little easier to cope with. There is also a Big Softie chair in each room. The isolation rooms have a lovely outlook onto the river. Each room has one-way glass, which enables patients to see the lovely view, and people passing by cannot see in. Each isolation room is off an airlock to prevent cross infection and has special air filtration. The unit also has a four-bed room with a solarium attached. The solarium has a view of the river, Big Softie chairs and a television. The Unit also has a two-bed room. The four and two-bed rooms are not isolation rooms.
The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Ranui House have been visited by World renowned transplant physicians, including Professor E Donnall Thomas who received a Noble Prize for his work in developing bone marrow transplantation. Without exception they have declared the transplant and accommodation facilities to be of the highest standard in comparison to similar facilities around the World. The Trust is proud of its achievements to date and will continue to actively support patients in need of this treatment from all areas of New Zealand.