Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE
Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE
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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy 59<br />
5.6 PROVIDERS OF HBOT<br />
Monoplace<br />
Multiplace<br />
Ten civil and two military centres currently have a hyperbaric chamber (see Figure 25<br />
and Table 13). As mentioned above, ten hospitals originally received a monoplace<br />
chamber in the period 1967-1972. 131<br />
Of these ten, ZNA Stuivenberg Antwerpen, AZ St-Jan Brugge and CHR La Citadelle<br />
Liège replaced their old monoplace chambers by a multiplace. Hôpital Civil Charleroi<br />
initially replaced its chamber by another monoplace chamber but currently also has a<br />
multiplace chamber at their disposal. The University Hospital St Pierre and CHU Sart<br />
Tilman Liège replaced their old chamber by a new monoplace chamber. UZ Gent also<br />
replaced its chamber by a new monoplace chamber but, in the meanwhile, has stopped<br />
its hyperbaric activities.<br />
Two university hospitals never replaced their monoplace chamber: UZ VUB Jette closed<br />
its chamber in May 2007 and UZ Leuven closed its chamber about a decade ago.<br />
A few hospitals that initially did not receive a monoplace chamber from the ministry<br />
purchased a chamber themselves: OLV Aalst, UZ Antwerpen and ZOL St-Jan Genk<br />
purchased a multiplace chamber while Cliniques du sud du Luxembourg Arlon installed<br />
a monoplace.<br />
Finally, there are two military centres for hyperbaric therapy: the military hospital at<br />
Neder-over-Heembeek and the marine basis of Zeebrugge. The latter is the only<br />
hyperbaric centre outside a hospital. Initially, this centre only treated military people<br />
with diving accidents. Today, citizens with various pathologies also receive HBOT in this<br />
facility.<br />
Figure 25. Overview of Belgian centres with (a) hyperbaric chamber(s)<br />
Military centre<br />
Population (2004) 400 000<br />
Source: HBOT Centres: data from questionnaire; Population: data from NIS.