Operating seven days a week, the QEII’s Medical Day Unit is one of the busiest outpatient clinics in the entire health centre complex – and delivers cancer care from the time of diagnosis through to return to health, relapse or palliation.
A hospital within a hospital, this unit will soon be home to a new apheresis machine – a crucial piece of equipment in today’s top cancer care.
The purchase was made possible thanks to the generosity of QEII Foundation donors – and participants in the inaugural Ride the Rails for Cancer event this past September, which raised more than $175,000 in support of blood cancer treatment. An apheresis machine facilitates stem cell collection and the separation of blood components in the treatment of lymphoma and leukemia patients.
An additional apheresis machine for the QEII’s Medical Day Unit will significantly reduce wait times for blood cancer patients and increase the number of treatment procedures available each day.
Thank you to our donors for making a lasting difference in the lives of blood cancer patients and their families.
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