Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC)

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The Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC), is a charity which aims to promote and take part in the medical treatment, training and research associated with the use of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of diving diseases and other medical problems.

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DDRC Welsh Unit to move to Spire Hospital in Cardiff

DDRC has been operating the South Wales Hyperbaric Medical Centre at St Joseph’s Hospital in Newport for the last two years; in that time the demand for the service has been increasing. The unit in Newport had one Monoplace (single occupant) chamber and this can no longer cope with the demand. Unfortunately the site in Newport was not big enough to allow another chamber to be installed necessitating a move to a larger facility.