The care and treatment of ankles and feet at the Wound Center is made more manageable for both the patient and doctor by the addition of a multidirectional podiatry chair, said Paulisa Laughlin, director of the center, right.
Patients undergoing a hyperbaric treatment have the option of watching television to pass away the time.
The out-patient Wound Healing Center is located at 667 E. 15 St. on the southeast corner of the Bothwell Regional Health Center complex.
Paulisa Laughlin, director of Bothwell Regional Health Center's new Wound Healing Center, explains how a hyperbaric chamber, right, with its pressurized oxygen, promotes healing of damaged tissue. The wheeled stretcher behind her allows patients to be slid into the chamber. The center has two hyperbaric chambers in the 2700 square-foot building.

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