Sara's Garden: Two Multiplace Hyperbaric Chambers in Northwest Ohio Before UTMC Toledo

The University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) claims it "houses northwest Ohio’s only multi-person chamber for hyperbaric oxygen therapy."* The good people at Sara's Garden in nearby Wauseon, Ohio, politely beg to differ. Development director Matt Rychener reminds us his center operates not one but two multiplace chambers: their original 5-person and a new 10-person device, pictured right. This information has been published in our Ohio treatment center directory all along. But please note that UTMC is a hospital-based treatment center and Sara's Garden is an independent hyperbaric clinic. CLICK HERE to learn more about hyperbaric treatment center types.

* In our February 15 post we link to UTMC and OxyHeal press releases that repeat this error.

[Photo: Cindy Baden, sarasgarden.org]

First Look: OxyHeal 4000-Omega Hyperbaric Chamber at University of Toledo Medical Center

The University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) in Toledo, Ohio, has swiftly opened its Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, featuring the new OxyHeal 4000-Omega multiplace chamber. (See our January 5 post.) Named for its omega (Ω) shaped geometry, the chamber is the first of its kind in the US. At 21 feet long and 10 feet wide it can accommodate 10 patients seated and 4 lying down. University of Toledo is also home base for John Feldmeier, DO, president-elect of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). CLICK HERE to read today's UTMC announcement. CLICK HERE to read OxyHeal's press release.

[Photo: UTMC]