At the event, the RIMS director highlighted that the therapy involves breathing oxygen at pressure higher than atmospheric pressure and administered in specially designed chambers which helps create ambient pressure 2-3 times higher than that found at sea level to help dissolve oxygen into blood, it stated.

It also increases the oxygen delivery to tissues by 10 -15 times as compared to the amount received through normal breathing, he said adding that stimulating new blood vessels and capillary growth aid in wound healing and also removal of toxins and waste products, it mentioned.

He maintained that the therapy has documented benefits in many diseases like Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Wound Healing, Severe Anaemia, Delayed Radiation Injury or Radiation Necrosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Compromised Grafts and Flaps, vision loss or sudden hearing loss, Brain Abscess etc., it added.

Speaking on the sidelines, professor Sanjib thanked RIMS Authority for procuring the equipment which will benefit the public in different spectrums of treatment, it said. He informed that the patients can also avail the facility at RIMS with a minimal fee, it stated.

Professor Sunil Kumar Sharma also inaugurated a ‘New Staff Parking and Main Gate’ for Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Departments on the occasion, it mentioned.  Head of Psychiatry department, Dr S Gojendra Singh, Professor RK Lenin Singh and head of clinical psychology department, Dr Sameeta  Ng, HOD’s, faculty members, nursing officials and staff took part in the event, it added.