The rooms, situated at Nicus Lodge, on the grounds of the Tshwane District Hospital, Dr Savage Drive, Pretoria, formed part of a project headed by the Rotary Club and Cansa TLC, starting in 2013 and inspired by Brian Davey.
Davey was a founding member of the Rotary Club of Benoni Van Ryn, in 1972.
He died toward the end of 2012, while receiving treatment for leukaemia at the Pretoria East Hospital.
Davey noted the number of children being treated at the hospital and presented ideas to the Rotary Club, which was inspired to do something.
When the children receive stem cells (in the form of peripheral blood transfusions) their immune systems are first destroyed, after which they are kept in hospital isolation for weeks on end.
Once the doctors are satisfied that the children are able to leave isolation, they can now transfer to the Brian Davey Step Down Rooms, where their condition will be monitored by doctors and professional caregivers for about 12 weeks, before they are allowed to go home.
