Virraj at hyperbaric alcove in New Delhi's Apollo Hospital
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: YOUR EMPEROR IS PLEASED TO GIVE YOU THE HYPERBARBARIC HORDE... Virraj Sorhvi receives hyperbaric-oxygen therapy at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi in December 2007. The video clip offers a unique view of the interior of the hard-shelled (and hermetically sealed) hyperbaric chamber during an actual therapy session when the air pressure inside is raised to 2.4 atmospheres even while pure oxygen is administered to the patient's respiratory system through a special mask. These proceedings are presented here as recorded off a CCTV monitor in the hyperbaric chamber's external control room. (If what Virraj is wearing on his face looks like a gas mask it is because that's exactly what it is.) Generally speaking, hyperbaric-oxygen therapy, or HBOT, markedly increases the oxygenation of the patient's blood, which in turn promotes the healing of wounds, including chronic wounds; it constitutes a supplementary element in the treatment of osteomyelitis (as in Virraj's case), useful if given in conjunction with surgical curettage and appropriately targeted antibiotic regimen (neither of which did Virraj receive at New Delhi's Apollo Hospital). The background conversation is conducted between the cameraman and hospital staffers present in the control room. Virraj is visible within the hyperbaric chamber on the left-hand side of the monitor's screen, but his voice cannot be heard. ♦ This video combines two previously posted (raw) clips at www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
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