Haematology and Oncology Ward
How we can help you
We care for you while you stay in our hospital if you have cancer or blood disorders. These include:
- Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
- Leukaemias – acute and chronic
- Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders
- Myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythemia rubra vera and essential thrombocythaemia
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Anaemias
- Thalassemia, sickle cell diseases, and other haemoglobinopathies
- Venous thrombosis such as DVT, Pulmonary Emboli and other clots
- Bleeding disorders such as Haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease, platelet disorders
- Iron deficiency anaemia, and iron-loading syndromes
- Blood count abnormalities
- Breast cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancer (stomach, bowel, liver, pancreas, bile duct)
- Prostate, bladder or kidney cancer
- Lung cancer
- Skin cancer (melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma)
- Brain cancer
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Head and neck cancer.
We are a team of specialised doctors and nurses available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We also have social workers, physiotherapists, dieticians and psychologists available Monday to Fridays.
We can provide:
- Chemotherapy - when we give you medicines that destroy cancer cells
- Autologous stem cell transplantation - transplant of your own stem cells
- Immunotherapy - treatment that helps your bodies immune system fight cancer
- Hormonal therapy - uses synthetic hormones to block your bodies natural hormones when they are causing cancer
- Targeted therapy - medicines that work on specific features of cancer cells to stop them growing.
Our nurses work three different shifts - morning, afternoon, and night. Our medical and allied health teamwork from 8:30am to the afternoon. Our healthcare team meets together to discuss your care 5 days a week at 8:45am.
Our nurses will take your blood pressure, temperature and heart rate, and complete other assessments while you are here every 4 hours. This may need to be done more frequently.
Meals are delivered from 7:30am, 12:30pm and 5:30pm. Please let the staff know if you have any specific allergies and dietary requirements.
Our usual visiting hours are from 10.00 am - 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm to 8.00 pm.
Quiet hours are from 8.00 pm - 8.00 am and 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm.
Our ward may have different visiting times (flexibility) or special requirements, please discuss with our Nurse Unit Manager.
We are a teaching hospital and student doctors or nurses may be involved and supervised by senior staff during your visit. You have the right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us from outside the hospital by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.