A day-care unit for people suffering from blood disorders is to be officially opened at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. The new �350,000 unit for haematology will be opened by Professor Sir Keith Peters, Regius Professor of Physics.
The unit is designed to help improve the service for leukaemia sufferers.
Facilities for treatments such as stem cell harvesting, plasma exchange and blood transfusions will be provided for patients across the region.
A hospital spokesperson said the expansion was needed to accommodate the high volume of work carried out by the department.
The unit has four beds and six chairs, a dedicated room for intrathecal (introduced into the spinal area) chemotherapy and a quiet room.
Speaking about the new unit, Dr Robert Marcus, Consultant Haematologist, said: "It will more than treble our space for patients undergoing day care procedures.
"The new facilities also mean that we can translate research and new therapies directly into standard treatment for our patients."
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