Goyang Myeongji Hospital Opens 'Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center'

[Asia Economy (Goyang) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Goyang Myongji Hospital in Gyeonggi Province has opened a hyperbaric oxygen therapy center. This is expected to enable rapid medical service provision for emergency patients.

On the 21st, Gyeonggi Province announced that it held the 'Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center Opening Ceremony' at Myongji Hospital, an emergency medical center in the northern Gyeonggi emergency medical zone.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves injecting oxygen at 2 to 3 times atmospheric pressure inside a chamber (equipment with a treatment space), allowing a large amount of oxygen to dissolve into the blood and supply oxygen throughout the body, improving symptoms of various diseases caused by hypoxia.

This facility is suitable for treating severe emergency patients such as those with acute carbon monoxide poisoning from fires or gas embolism. The province plans to use it for chronic disease treatments such as burns, diabetic foot, brain abscess, bone marrow disease, and Buerger's disease during normal times.

Until now, the province had difficulty providing rapid emergency treatment for severe emergency patients in fire and gas poisoning accidents, so patients were transferred to emergency medical institutions in other cities and provinces for treatment.

Accordingly, last year, the province promoted a support contest project for hyperbaric oxygen chamber equipment as one of Gyeonggi Province's key projects targeting emergency medical institutions within the province, selecting Myongji Hospital for the northern Gyeonggi area and Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital for the southern Gyeonggi area.

The Myongji Hospital hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber is multi-person, allowing 10 to 12 people to receive oxygen therapy simultaneously.

Lee Yong-cheol, Deputy Governor for Administration of the Province, stated, "The multi-person hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber operated at Myongji Hospital is equipment that allows medical staff to enter together for treatment when severe emergency patients occur, and it is expected to play a significant role not only in the northern Gyeonggi area but also in the nearby Seoul-Gyeonggi region."

Meanwhile, the multi-person hyperbaric oxygen chamber for the southern Gyeonggi area will be introduced at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital in September.

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