Hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit launched at Grace Kennett Foundation Hospital
In the past five years, the hospital’s skin bank has done 135 retrievals. The HBOT is purely active healing therapy, which is done while a patient listens to music or reads a novel.Dr. Dodd says the unit has already been used to treat its first patient — a case of necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limb — as pre-operative preparation for split skin grafting.
- ▪In the past five years, the hospital’s skin bank has done 135 retrievals.
- ▪The HBOT is purely active healing therapy, which is done while a patient listens to music or reads a novel.Dr.
- ▪Dodd says the unit has already been used to treat its first patient — a case of necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limb — as pre-operative preparation for split skin grafting.
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A Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) unit has been established at Grace Kennett Foundation Hospital (GKFH) to offer advanced oxygen therapy for diabetic wounds, burns and complex healing challenges.Samuel Dodd, Medical Superintendent and Burns Surgeon, GKFH, says, “It is a specialised medical treatment in which a patient breathes 100% pure oxygen while lying inside a pressurised chamber. This increased pressure allows oxygen to dissolve directly into blood and body fluids at levels that are far higher than normal, thus super-oxygenating the damaged tissue and accelerating the body’s natural healing process.”The GKFH is one of the few facilities in South India that offers advanced skin grafting and burn treatment. In the past five years, the hospital’s skin bank has done 135 retrievals.
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