Prisma Health in Columbia launches capital campaign for new facility

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The Prisma Health Midlands Foundation has launched a capital campaign to raise $2 million for a new Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Center at Baptist Hospital in Columbia, according to a news release.

The center will advance and expand Prisma Health’s wound treatment in the Midlands area — reducing diabetic limb amputations and the loss of lives, the release stated.

“The 29203 zip code is a problem area for amputations in diabetic patients,” said Dr. Robert Klein, division chair for Wound Care at Prisma Health, the release stated. “From Mississippi to the coast of South Carolina, it’s one of the highest areas for lower extremity amputations.”

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The new center will offer multi-disciplinary care for diabetic patients, including podiatry, internal medicine, surgery and hyperbaric medicine, according to the release. The facility will house three state-of-the-art Sechrist hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chambers. HBO patients breathe 100% oxygen while under pressure in the chamber, allowing more oxygen to be absorbed in the blood stream and plasma, which is then delivered to areas of the body that are having trouble healing due to lack of oxygen in the surrounding tissues.

The campaign page can be found here.

“The new Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Center will be a tremendous asset to the community in so many ways, and we are happy to lead the charge in making this facility a reality for diabetic patients and Prisma Health in the Midlands,” said Jeffery Faw, executive director of Prisma Health Midlands Foundation, in the release.