The corporation will establish a free standing hyperbaric oxygen treatment clinic by the fabrication, erection, and fitting out the clinic building and installing a multiplace hyperbaric chamber for research, education and affordable treatment of general public in a historically medically underserved community. Kendall County, TX.
THE CORPORATION INTENDS TO REGISTER WITH THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD AS A 162.001(C) NON PROFIT HEALTH ORGANIZATION
THE CORPORATION INTENDS TO PARTNER WITH THE METHODIST BOERNE ER HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY HYPERBARIC TREATMENT TO FIRE FIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL POPULATION IN CASE OF FIRE, POISONING OR SUFFOCATION ON A 24-HOUR SCHEDULE AT A RATE COMMENSURATE WITH THE PATIENTS ABILITY TO PAY. THE CLINIC WILL BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE HELLIPORT AND BE ABLE TO RECEIVE LIFE FLIGHT PATIENTS FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS AREA FOR QUICK TREATMENT. BOTH THE ER HOSPITAL AND HYPERBARIC CLINIC WILL BE THE ONLY ER FACILITIES OF THEIR KIND IN SOUTH TEXAS
CURRENTLY GULF WAR AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS AFFLICTED WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND SUFFER WITH PTSD AND WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENTS ARE NOT BEING TREATED AT THE VA HOSPITALS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE VA TO RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT AND THE COST SAVINGS VERSES A DRUG THERAPY FOR LIFE, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA HAS RECOGNIZED AND PAYS FOR HYPERBARIC TREATMENT OF VETERANS WITH PTSD.
ADDITIONALLY, CEREBRAL PALSY, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND DIABETIC WOUND CARE
HAS SHOWN TO BENIFIT FROM HYPERBARIC TREATMENT.
MANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND
CANNOT AFFORD HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT OR THEIR INSURANCE WILL NOT PAY FOR THE TREATMENT EVEN WHEN THEIR DOCTOR REQUESTS AND PROSCRIBES THAT THEY RECEIVE HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING WILL BE OFFERED TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS IN THE ART OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CARE AND TREATMENT UTILIZING THE RESOURCES OF THE CLINIC AND STAFF FOR TRAINING PURPOSES WITH A SPECIFIC GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF HYPERBARIC QUALIFIED DOCTORS AND TECHNICIANS IN SOUTH TEXAS.