My dad and I hunted down in Fl. with a retired Navy diver. He went into business buying surplus hyperbaric chambers from the Fed. Gov’t and delivering them to hospitals. This was back in the early-mid 90s. People with chronic infections, particularly diabetics, really benefited from the treatments. The guy made a lot of money. It was so profitable that he could afford to have a few of them delivered by helicopter (although most were trucked in).
I am a rescue diver and have some experience with the hairy eyeballs Oxygen supply people (i.e. Roberts Oxygen) give to people who are not on the official medical clientele lists. They also do everything they can to swindle people like me i.e., trading out my beautiful polished aluminum tanks for their cheap-ass steel ones whenever they get a chance.
For some reason our local hospital system, which normally is very successful, had to get rid of their hyperbaric chamber after prolonged lack of use. Not sure why that was the case; they marketed it extensively.
Wow, that’s an amazing story! What great repurposing of the chambers.