Sancti Spiritus, Cuba – Cuba trails only South Korea as the country with the largest number of hyperbaric oxygen chambers in the world, said Dr. Juan Chi Arcia, president of the Cuban Society of Hyperbaric Medicine and Undersea Activities (SCMHBAS).

Every hospital on the island is provided with hyperbaric oxygen services. In several of these facilities, hyperbaric chambers are indeed multipurpose units in which patients in critical conditions have been treated.

Dr. Chi is taking part of a scientific conference convened by SCMHBAS in the Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus. The gathering which will conclude on April 21 is ttended by experts from Spain, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico and Peru.

Participants in the conference are analyzing the use of hyperbaric techniques in the treatment of ulcers, graftings, diabetes, herpes zoster, chronic arterial deficiency and other illnesses.

Read the complete atricle in Spanish here

Resource: escambray.cu