Dr L H Hiranandani hospital, Mumbai's first NABH accredited multi-specialty hospital has introduced Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and Wound Care Centre at the hospital. The centre is launched in association with Innovative Healing Systems (IHS) of USA.

The new centre is equipped with two latest USA made hyperbaric chambers, will be a one-stop provider of complete wound management support to patients, not just restricted to wound care. These chambers are fully automated and also have a facility of record keeping. Doctors trained in HBOT, along with specialist para-medic staff in wound management, will be managing the centre.

Speaking at the inauguration, Dr Ravindra Patel, founder president of Innovative Healing Systems (USA and India) said, “At IHS, we aim to provide the medical means to expediently heal the patient’s wounds. We ensure investigation, examination, and application of the most advanced and scientifically proven means to positively impact our patient’s lives."

According to Dr Sujit Chatterjee, CEO, Hiranandani Hospital, “Advancement in medical technology has helped doctors to treat their patients through non-invasive methods. We are delighted to have the HBOT technology in our hospital. Our doctors will now be able to provide better treatment to their patients facing difficulty in wound healing, burn injuries and other non healing complications.”

HBOT will prove to be a effective treatment and relief for diabetic patients in healing diabetic foot wounds. HBOT is not only effective in healing diabetic wounds but also helps treat non-healing wounds, acute thermal burns, traumatic brain injury, radiation damage to tissues, crush injury, sudden hearing loss, etc.

In HBOT, a person lies down in the transparent pressurized hyperbaric chamber and breathes 100 per cent oxygen, pressurized to 1.5 to three times the atmospheric pressure. Oxygen molecules dissolve in the plasma (the liquid part of blood) and 10 to 20 times more oxygen reaches all tissues. Even where the circulation is poor, adequate oxygen reaches the affected area, new cells are generated and the healing process becomes much faster. Each session is 60 or 90 minutes duration and the patient can watch television or a DVD movie as the sound comes inside the chamber even though the television is outside.

The hyperbaric chambers at Hiranandani hospital are technologically advanced with automated control system and record keeping. It also has SMOOTH RIDE pressure change system which smoothes out the stresses imposed on patients during chamber compression and decompression. Additional features in these hyperbaric chambers are manual compression and decompression as a backup system, two-way communications and a patient call button.