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S9.2 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Lesson Learnt 13:15 Convention Hall C
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Hong Kong’s Experience
Leung J
Department of Accident and Emergency, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
Although Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is not a new modality of treatment, hospital-based facility has yet to be HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2018
established in Hong Kong. A group of emergency physicians and intensive care unit physicians at Pamela Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital has been working since 2010 to establish a new unit with Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber on site. After years
of preparation and planning, we shall have the first hospital-based Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber in Hong Kong in 2018. In this
presentation, some historical background, use of HBOT in different diseases in Hong Kong and our preparation and planning
in setting up this new unit will be shared.
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