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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.

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