(Evansville, IN) St. Mary’s Health is pleased to announce the opening of our new Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at the Wound Care Clinic. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Tuesday, July 19, at 8:00 a.m. at 3801 Bellemeade Ave, Suite 130, in Evansville. A community open house will follow and continue until noon.
Everyone has heard that “time heals all wounds†but evidence-based medicine shows that without inter-disciplinary advanced therapies, some wounds can take months or even years to heal. St Mary’s Wound Care Clinic is pleased to add Hyperbaric Medicine to the advanced therapy options available for its patients.
“Rather than have patients travel to receive this advanced level of wound care, this new program can offer the latest techniques to people close to home,†said Dr. Maureen Kuhrt, Medical Director of St. Mary’s Wound Care Clinic. “These services can help patients with hard to heal or non-healing wounds reclaim their quality of life.â€
The Wound Care Clinic houses two hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers, which work by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen at higher than normal atmospheric pressure. This increases the amount of oxygen in the patient’s blood and, in the case of wounds, allows red blood cells to pass more easily through the plasma into the wound to heal from the inside out.
The new program will operate by appointment. Physicians may refer their patients for evaluation and treatment. Additionally, patients may self-refer. Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance policies plans are accepted. The clinic may be reached at (812)-485-7659.
For more information, visit stmarys.org/HBOT
