Berliner Zentrum für hyperbare Sauerstofftherapie und Tauchmedizin

The Berliner Zentrum für hyperbare Sauerstofftherapie und Tauchmedizin is a hospital department of Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain — part of Berlin's largest municipal hospital group (Vivantes – Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH). Clinically integrated into the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care department, the centre operates an 8-seat hard-shell multiplace chamber configurable for two full ICU beds, located in the basement of the new Haus 15.2 building (rebuilt end of 2017). Pressure range is 240–300 kPa absolute (2.4–3.0 ATA), with sessions of 100–140 minutes; elective indications run 10–30 sessions per course. The team is 12 specially trained dive and hyperbaric physicians plus 4 functional staff, led by Leitender Oberarzt Oliver Müller, with senior physicians Dr. Uwe Langner, Matthias Leuschner, and Dr. med. Christoph Rosenthal. The centre is one of only nine 24/7 emergency-capable HBO facilities in Germany and accepts nationwide intake via on-site helipad. Indications include diabetic foot syndrome, chronic wound-healing disorders, late radiation injury (cystitis / proctitis), sudden hearing loss, acoustic trauma, aseptic bone necrosis, central retinal artery occlusion, and 24/7 emergency intake for CO poisoning, gas gangrene, decompression sickness, and arterial gas embolism. Booking is referral-only — patients arrange a consultation after a referring physician recommends HBO. Outpatient HBO is not a standard GKV benefit (except diabetic foot syndrome); private insurers and Beihilfe generally cover per tariff. The centre also partners with Charité's Fatigue Centre on a closed Post-COVID / ME-CFS research cohort, restricted to prior Charité observational study participants — not a self-pay route.