Doctors don’t often prescribe watching a two-hour movie as a way to induce healing, but at the Bothwell Wound Healing Center that’s a viable option. The only catch is that instead of relaxing on a couch at home or in a theater, patients are in hyperbaric oxygen chambers being monitored by a nurse.
“It’s not too terrible of a way to spend an afternoon,” said would center Program Director Paulisa Laughlin. “Watch a movie or TV, take a nap. Whatever you’d like.”
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