The paediatric blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy programme of BC Children's Hospital, British Columbia's dedicated children's hospital in Vancouver.
BC Children's Hospital describes itself on its own site as British Columbia's only dedicated paediatric hospital, providing general and specialised care. It is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Its Cancer and Blood Disorders service page states that the hospital runs a Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy programme. According to the page, the service cares for children and young people with cancer, haematological disorders, immunological diseases and other conditions, and delivers specialised therapy infusions. The hospital publishes a separate set of patient and family resources specifically for blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy.
The service is based on Level 8 of the Teck Acute Care Centre on the Oak Street campus in Vancouver, reached through Entrance 53. The page gives separate telephone numbers for outpatients, for the inpatient unit and for a twenty-four hour emergency pager, together with a toll-free line.
The page does not name individual transplant physicians, does not distinguish between transplants using a patient's own cells and those using donor cells, and says nothing about cost. Readers wanting those details would need to contact the hospital.
The service page names the following broad groups of conditions cared for.
The site states that the hospital operates a blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy programme for children and young people, delivered through specialised therapy infusions.
The service page does not name individual physicians working in the programme.
The service occupies Level 8 of the Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children's Hospital, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, entered through Entrance 53. The page gives an outpatient telephone line, a toll-free number, a separate inpatient unit number and a twenty-four hour emergency pager. The hospital is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority. The page does not describe the transplant unit itself or state any accreditation.
The page says nothing about cost. It is a service of British Columbia's publicly funded health system, but the site itself makes no statement about fees.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.