The clinic in Hoogeveen now mainly treats people who have suffered tissue damage or problem wounds after radiation treatment for cancer. They come to the clinic every day for six to eight weeks for treatment in a high-pressure room, breathing pure oxygen. The increased pressure allows the body to absorb 12.5 times more oxygen into the blood plasma than normal. A two-hour treatment ensures that tissue that receives little oxygen is better supplied with oxygen.
People who want to pay for a treatment out of their own pocket receive zero on the bill at Da Vinci Kliniek. Van Lansdorp: “If the treatment is effective, we think it is unethical to only treat people who can afford it. In that case, care must be available to everyone.”
