Introduction Oncology/Haematology & H.S.C.T.

St John's Ward is home to Ireland's national referral centre for Paediatric Oncology/Haematology and Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT).
The development of the National Paediatric Oncology/Haematology service is now being completed at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children.  The final transfer of services took place on the 17th May 2004 with all patients with Haemophilia and Related Coagulations disorders attending OLHSC.  The transfer of Haematology services completes the development of a comprehensive Oncology/Haematology national service for the following patients:

1) Oncology
2) Malignant Haematology
3) Non-Malignant Haematology
4) Haemoglobinopathy
5) Haemophilia and Related Coagulation disorders
6) Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Children diagnosed with cancers and haematological disorders do require special attention and treatment, however new and better ways of treating these conditions are being discovered every day.