What we have done
It is very hard to list all the things PDLF has achieved over the past 40 years!
But it includes
- the provision of barrier rooms on Birch Ward
- setting up Bone marrow harvests, including the processing, freezing and storage of stem cells
- setting up Molecular Biology lab
- Enhancements to new barrier rooms on Bracken Ward
- Conversion of Birch Ward to modern Day Case Unit
- Training Nursing and medical staff
- Research (see separate section)
In the last five years we have
- provided equipment for laboratory research
- funded the set-up of gene sequencer
- provided water coolers for the Ward and Day Case Unit
- funded SCT data manager
- agreed to fund PhD student for 3 years
- paid for half of the costs of an extension to Bracken Ward
- purchased a Doppler U/S machine