Bird Medical Devices installs the first HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY CHAMBER in South India at Jubilee Mission Hospital, Trichur, Kerala.
Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy has now slowly started capturing interest of doctors in India. A great lag has come to a pass in our country over the years as compared to the practice of Hyperbaric Medicine in the western world and in the Orient.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in India has been restricted to a few centers and the reasons for its non expansion to other centers may be varied. Doctors are rarely taught about hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in medical school and therefore most do not know about it. If physicians don't know about a therapy, they obviously won't prescribe it.
Dr. Prashanth Varkey who heads the Hyperbaric units is of the opinion that Hyperbaric Medicine is much underutilized, and if employed in well selected patients may help increase survival in many diseases.
Owner at Bird Medical Devices says, that his organisation is the only dedicated company in bringing affordable Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Chambers in India and are striving hard to promote the