The Bone Marrow Cancer Trust (BMCT) was formed in 1990 (as the South Island Bone Marrow Transplant Trust). BMCT is a Charitable Trust with an extremely successful track record.
| November 1990 | - South Island Bone Marrow Transplant Trust Established |
| Feburary 1991 | - Fundraising Appeal Launched |
| May 1991 | - Purchased Little Ranui Site - Freehold |
| December 1991 | - Completion & Opening of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Christchurch Hospital - Freehold |
| July 1992 | - Construction of Little Ranui Commenced |
| Feburary 1993 | - Little Ranui House Opened - Freehold |
| Feburary 1995 | - Opening of Additional Floor Extension to Little Ranui - Freehold |
| Dec 1995 | - Cashel / Cambridge Site Purchased for Future Development |
| 2004 | - Trust Conducted Feasibility Study |
| Feburary 2005 | - Decision to Build Additional Accommodation |
| October 2006 | - Construction commenced on the New Building |
| March 2008 | - First residents accommodated in the new building |
| July 2010 | - Purchase of a 2830m² block of land Selwyn Street/Waller Tce (opposite Hagley Park) for future development - Freehold |
| May 2014 | - Purchase of two properties in Selwyn Street. Total area approximately 1050m² - Freehold |
The Bone Marrow Unit is a 15 bed, purpose built unit. The unit has 9 single isolation rooms. All these rooms have ensuites, televisions, videos, DVD, Sky TV, telephones, radios and CD players to help make the patients stay in isolation a little easier to cope with. There is also a Big Softie chair in each room. The isolation rooms have a lovely outlook onto the river. Each room has one-way glass, which enables patients to see the lovely view, and people passing by cannot see in. Each isolation room is off an airlock to prevent cross infection and has special air filtration. The unit also has a four-bed room with a solarium attached. The solarium has a view of the river, Big Softie chairs and a television. The Unit also has a two-bed room. The four and two-bed rooms are not isolation rooms.
The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Ranui House have been visited by World renowned transplant physicians, including Professor E Donnall Thomas who received a Noble Prize for his work in developing bone marrow transplantation. Without exception they have declared the transplant and accommodation facilities to be of the highest standard in comparison to similar facilities around the World. The Trust is proud of its achievements to date and will continue to actively support patients in need of this treatment from all areas of New Zealand.
We provide family apartments and a supportive environment, dependent on the generous and continued support of people just like you.
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