Hanlim University Kang Sungsim Hospital introduces high-pressure oxygen chamber No. 3...36 people at the same time, the largest in Korea
Jul 17, 2025
Han River Sacred Heart Hospital (Hospital Director Heo Jun) at Hallym University introduced additional high-pressure oxygen treatment chamber No. 3 on the 21st. With this introduction, the country's largest hyperbaric oxygen treatment system can be treated simultaneously by 36 patients.
Chamber 3 can be treated by up to 11 people and is operated exclusively for outpatients receiving outpatient treatment. The chamber of Unit 3 has a separate 11-seater chamber for patients and a two-seater medical staff space divided into a compartment, enabling safer and more effective hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
Hallim University Han Kang Sungsim Hospital introduced Chamber 1 and 2 at the same time in July 2023 and opened a hyperbaric oxygen treatment center. The hyperbaric oxygen treatment center was established to minimize the treatment period and complications and sequelae of wound patients such as burns, and has performed more than 8,400 hyperbaric oxygen treatments on patients so far. Since then, as the demand of outpatients for hyperbaric oxygen therapy has steadily increased, the additional introduction of Chamber 3 has been decided.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been proven to be effective in treating carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression disease (submersible disease), diabetes, and sudden hearing loss, and health insurance is also applied. In addition, it is also used in fields such as vitalization, stress relief, skin improvement, aging prevention, and hair loss prevention.
In particular, hyperbaric oxygen therapy plays an important role in disaster situations such as large-scale forest fire damage that has occurred recently by helping patients recover from burns and respiratory injuries caused by burns. However, there were not enough high-pressure oxygen treatment facilities in Korea, making it difficult to transfer and treat patients within golden time in the event of a large-scale disaster. After the group carbon monoxide poisoning accident of high school students in Gangneung, Gangwon-do in 2018, the need to expand the high-pressure oxygen chamber has emerged. Hallym University Han Kang Sungsim Hospital plans to strengthen the medical infrastructure that can respond quickly to large-scale emergencies through the expansion of the facility and increase access to high-pressure oxygen therapy.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment in which high-purity oxygen is inhaled at a pressure of 2 to 4 atmospheres through a mask in a high-pressure environment. In this process, oxygen dissolves in the blood as it is without binding to red blood cells, healing damaged tissues, and is very effective in cell rehabilitation, growth, and neovascularization.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is performed by inhaling 100% high-purity oxygen for a certain period of time through an oxygen mask installed inside the chamber. The medical staff checks the patient's condition in real time through an internal camera and controls oxygen pressure and decompression. Through this, medical staff can respond immediately even if an unexpected situation occurs, increasing the safety and efficiency of treatment.
Heo Jun, director of the High Pressure Oxygen Treatment Center, said "High pressure oxygen therapy is effective in regenerating blood vessels and healing wounds, so it can play a major role in national disasters because it is effective in treating intractable tissue necrosis and respiratory injuries including burns."We will contribute to the promotion of public health by allowing more patients to receive timely treatment through the introduction of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber No. 3."
Chamber 3 can be treated by up to 11 people and is operated exclusively for outpatients receiving outpatient treatment. The chamber of Unit 3 has a separate 11-seater chamber for patients and a two-seater medical staff space divided into a compartment, enabling safer and more effective hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
Hallim University Han Kang Sungsim Hospital introduced Chamber 1 and 2 at the same time in July 2023 and opened a hyperbaric oxygen treatment center. The hyperbaric oxygen treatment center was established to minimize the treatment period and complications and sequelae of wound patients such as burns, and has performed more than 8,400 hyperbaric oxygen treatments on patients so far. Since then, as the demand of outpatients for hyperbaric oxygen therapy has steadily increased, the additional introduction of Chamber 3 has been decided.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been proven to be effective in treating carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression disease (submersible disease), diabetes, and sudden hearing loss, and health insurance is also applied. In addition, it is also used in fields such as vitalization, stress relief, skin improvement, aging prevention, and hair loss prevention.
In particular, hyperbaric oxygen therapy plays an important role in disaster situations such as large-scale forest fire damage that has occurred recently by helping patients recover from burns and respiratory injuries caused by burns. However, there were not enough high-pressure oxygen treatment facilities in Korea, making it difficult to transfer and treat patients within golden time in the event of a large-scale disaster. After the group carbon monoxide poisoning accident of high school students in Gangneung, Gangwon-do in 2018, the need to expand the high-pressure oxygen chamber has emerged. Hallym University Han Kang Sungsim Hospital plans to strengthen the medical infrastructure that can respond quickly to large-scale emergencies through the expansion of the facility and increase access to high-pressure oxygen therapy.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment in which high-purity oxygen is inhaled at a pressure of 2 to 4 atmospheres through a mask in a high-pressure environment. In this process, oxygen dissolves in the blood as it is without binding to red blood cells, healing damaged tissues, and is very effective in cell rehabilitation, growth, and neovascularization.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is performed by inhaling 100% high-purity oxygen for a certain period of time through an oxygen mask installed inside the chamber. The medical staff checks the patient's condition in real time through an internal camera and controls oxygen pressure and decompression. Through this, medical staff can respond immediately even if an unexpected situation occurs, increasing the safety and efficiency of treatment.
Heo Jun, director of the High Pressure Oxygen Treatment Center, said "High pressure oxygen therapy is effective in regenerating blood vessels and healing wounds, so it can play a major role in national disasters because it is effective in treating intractable tissue necrosis and respiratory injuries including burns."We will contribute to the promotion of public health by allowing more patients to receive timely treatment through the introduction of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber No. 3."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
