A 23-year-old German tourist diver was admitted to the Naval Hospital, Trincomalee on 28th January 2022, as she was down with Decompression Sickness while diving off Hikkaduwa, Galle. Subsequently, the patient was treated in the dedicated Decompression Chamber at the Command Diving & Salvage Unit in the Eastern Naval Command, under the supervision of the Diving Medical Officer (East). After receiving necessary treatment in the Decompression Chamber for nearly 5 hours, the patient regained health and left the hospital.

Four (04) persons who suffered from Decompression Sickness have been treated in the Decompression Chamber at the Diving and Salvage Unit in Trincomalee thus far from January 2021.