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Panama Hyperbaric Facilities
There are 3 monoplace chambers at Panama City's private hospitals (Centro Médico Paitilla, Hospital America, Hospital Nacional).
The "Autoridad del Canal de Panamá" (Panama Canal Authority or ACP) has the only 2 multiplace chambers (54- inch diameters, double-lock) in the country, one on each side of the isthmus (Miraflores on the Pacific side and Gatun on the Atlantic side). Due to the type of operation at the ACP, CFR regulations are followed to maintain the highest dive safety standards.
Diving Medicine
Programme Coordinator for the Panama Canal Authority:
James A. Denham, M.D.
PO Box 55-1108
Estafeta Paitilla, PANAMA
e-mails: jdenham@pancanal.com
jdenham@cwp.net.pa
telephone #: (507) 443-7336
* in case of an emergency after work hours call the ACP operator at (507)
272-6114
Diving School & Salvage Foreman: Mr. Rick Doubek
24-hour ACP operator telephone number: (507) 272-6114
Chamber telephone
numbers:
Atlantic side
(507) 443-5289
Pacific side
(507) 276-8585