Hotel-Dieu de Levis
HospitalLevis, QC
18-person multiplace. 24/7 emergency.
LEV
Hospital Only
1 facility
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Levis
Quebec. Hotel-Dieu de Levis operates the RAMQ-covered HBOT programme serving the Quebec City region.
Quick Answer
In short, HBOT in Levis: Levis has one hyperbaric oxygen therapy facility: Hotel-Dieu de Levis operates a RAMQ-covered hospital HBOT programme serving the Quebec City region and eastern Quebec. The unit complements Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal (Quebec's other hospital HBOT programme) by providing local access for Quebec City and Chaudiere-Appalaches residents.
Key facts at a glance
| City | Levis, Quebec |
|---|---|
| Facilities | 1 (1 hospital, 0 private) |
| Provincial plan | RAMQ |
| Coverage | Covers recognised indications |
| Typical wait | 4 to 10 weeks |
| Emergency | 24/7 at Hotel-Dieu |
| Private cost | No private HBOT in the region |
| Last updated |
Facilities
1
1 hospital · 0 private
Provincial Plan
RAMQ
Covers recognised indications
Typical Wait
4 to 10 weeks
For elective indications
Emergency
24/7 at Hotel-Dieu
CO, air embolism, DCS
HBOT Facilities in Levis
RAMQ covers HBOT at Hotel-Dieu de Levis for recognised conditions. Physician referral required. No private HBOT currently operates in the Quebec City region.
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Hospital Programmes, Provincial Coverage Available
How Much Does HBOT Cost in Levis?
RAMQ covers HBOT at Hotel-Dieu de Levis for recognised indications at no out-of-pocket cost with a physician referral. The Quebec City region has no private HBOT option; off-label indications are referred to Montreal.
For an RAMQ-covered indication
$0 with physician referral
Fully covered with physician referral. Hotel-Dieu de Levis is one of two Quebec hospital HBOT programmes and serves the eastern half of the province.
Private-pay option
No private HBOT in the region
Some facilities offer private-pay HBOT, typically for conditions outside the recognised indications list or for patients preferring faster scheduling. The nearest private HBOT clinic is in Montreal (2.5 hours west by car). Private sessions there typically cost $175 to $300.
Note: Travel and accommodation costs for out-of-region patients are the patient's responsibility.
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How to Get a Referral for HBOT in Levis
For RAMQ-covered treatment, obtain a referral from your family physician or specialist to the Hotel-Dieu de Levis hyperbaric unit.
- 1 Confirm your condition is a RAMQ-recognised HBOT indication.
- 2 Ask your family physician, oncologist, or specialist for a referral to the Hotel-Dieu de Levis hyperbaric unit.
- 3 The unit triages referrals by clinical urgency. Emergency indications are treated immediately.
- 4 For elective indications, expect an initial assessment before treatment begins. Wait times typically range from 4 to 10 weeks.
- 5 For faster access or off-label indications, the nearest private option is in Montreal.
Emergency HBOT Access in Levis
Time-critical hyperbaric indications in the Quebec City region, including carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, and gas embolism, are treated as emergencies at Hotel-Dieu de Levis.
Call 911 for any suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, diving accident, or gas embolism. Urgences-sante transports to Hotel-Dieu de Levis, which operates the Quebec City region's 24/7 hyperbaric medicine service. For inter-facility transfers, physicians coordinate through regional emergency medical coordination.
Getting There & Accessibility
Transit, parking, and drop-off details for each facility.
Hotel-Dieu de Levis
143 Rue Wolfe, Levis. STLevis buses serve the hospital. Paid patient parking on site; accessible drop-off at main entrance.
Conditions Commonly Treated
Hotel-Dieu de Levis treats all RAMQ-recognised hyperbaric indications. The patient mix reflects the regional industrial and geographic profile: delayed radiation injury after cancer treatment at the CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval across the St. Lawrence or at regional CISSS oncology services, carbon monoxide poisoning (a meaningful seasonal caseload during cold Quebec winters when wood-stove and furnace incidents peak), decompression sickness from St. Lawrence River and Atlantic-coast recreational diving, and necrotising soft tissue infections from regional emergency referrals. The Hotel-Dieu hyperbaric unit is the primary destination for any eastern-Quebec resident requiring HBOT, with Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal serving the western half of the province.
Health Canada-recognised conditions covered in Levis
Air or Gas Embolism, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Gas Gangrene, Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome & Acute Traumatic Ischaemia, Decompression Sickness, Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds, Exceptional Blood Loss (Anaemia), Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, Chronic Osteomyelitis, Soft Tissue Radiation Necrosis, Radiation Damage Affecting Bone, Compromised Skin Grafts & Flaps, Thermal Burns, Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Local Research Connection
Universite Laval Faculty of Medicine maintains teaching affiliations with Hotel-Dieu de Levis.
Local Context
Hotel-Dieu de Levis is one of only two hospital-based hyperbaric medicine centres in Quebec (the other is Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal), operated under the CISSS de Chaudiere-Appalaches health authority. Located on Boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River directly opposite Quebec City, the hospital is the regional referral hub for the eastern half of Quebec, with a catchment population of approximately 1.2 million spanning Chaudiere-Appalaches, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the Gaspe Peninsula, the Cote-Nord, and the Bas-Saint-Laurent. The hospital is teaching-affiliated with the Universite Laval Faculty of Medicine, located 8 km north across the Pierre Laporte and Quebec Bridges. The St. Lawrence River commercial shipping channel (the principal navigable route from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes) generates occasional gas embolism and decompression sickness referrals among working divers and the recreational Gaspe diving community, all of which route through Hotel-Dieu de Levis for hyperbaric treatment.
Recent research relevant to Levis referrals
Latest HBOT evidence in the conditions most commonly treated in Levis
Curated weekly from our database of 14,509+ peer-reviewed studies, weighted toward Canadian-affiliated research and the condition referral patterns served in Levis.
2025 ·Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry ·Canadian-affiliated
Exploring medical gas therapy in hemorrhagic stroke treatment: A narrative review.
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2018 ·Intensive Care Med Exp ·Canadian-affiliated
Alterations in mitochondrial respiration and reactive oxygen species in patients poisoned with carbon monoxide treated with hyperbaric oxygen
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2013 ·BMC anesthesiology ·Canadian-affiliated
Hemodynamic profiles of intubated and mechanically ventilated carbon monoxide-poisoned patients during systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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2011 ·Exp Physiol ·Canadian-affiliated
Rapid elimination of CO through the lungs: coming full circle 100 years on
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1999 ·Environ Health Perspect ·Canadian-affiliated
An unusual case of carbon monoxide poisoning
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Patient logistics · Levis
Approximate drive times to HBOT facilities from Levis
Off-peak driving estimates. Treatment courses typically run 4 to 12 weeks of near-daily attendance, so a realistic round-trip estimate matters when planning.
Downtown → Hotel-Dieu de Levis
5min
2 km · Boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins
Saint-Romuald → Hotel-Dieu de Levis
15min
10 km · Route du President-Kennedy
Downtown → Hopital du Sacre-Coeur Montreal
3h
280 km · Autoroute 20 west + Autoroute 40
Estimates only. Confirm via your preferred routing service before travel.
Local referral pathways · Levis
Where Levis clinicians refer patients for HBOT
Most HBOT referrals start with a specialist who first identifies the underlying condition. The institutions below are local entry points patients in Levis commonly pass through before reaching a hyperbaric programme.
Audiology & ENT
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (14-day HBOT window)
CISSS de Chaudiere-Appalaches ENT and Audiology at Hotel-Dieu de Levis
143 rue Wolfe, Levis, QC G6V 3Z1 · 418-835-7121
ENT and audiology services delivered at Levis's South Shore academic hospital, CHAU-affiliated. Cases of sudden sensorineural hearing loss that fail corticosteroid therapy are referred on-site to the CISSS de Chaudiere-Appalaches Hyperbaric Medicine Unit for HBOT, a RAMQ-funded pathway requiring no out-of-region travel.
Verified 2026-05-30
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval Otolaryngology
11 cote du Palais, Quebec City, QC G1R 2J6 · 418-525-4444
University-level tertiary ENT centre across the St. Lawrence from Levis, serving the Capitale-Nationale and Chaudiere-Appalaches catchment. Complex SSNHL or post-surgical hearing cases may be co-managed with the Hotel-Dieu de Levis Hyperbaric Medicine Unit when HBOT adjunct therapy is indicated.
Verified 2026-05-30
Oncology & Cancer Centres
Delayed radiation injury referrals
Centre regional integre de cancerologie at Hotel-Dieu de Levis
143 rue Wolfe, Levis, QC G6V 3Z1 · 418-835-7121
The CRIC is the designated regional oncology centre for Chaudiere-Appalaches, including the Beauce and the Rive-Sud, housing medical oncology, hemato-oncology, and radiation oncology (external radiotherapy and brachytherapy) on the same campus as the CISSS hyperbaric unit. This co-location enables direct on-site referral for delayed radiation injury (soft-tissue and bony necrosis) under RAMQ funding.
Verified 2026-05-30
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval Radiation Oncology
11 cote du Palais, Quebec City, QC G1R 2J6 · 418-525-4444
Quaternary radiation oncology centre at the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec campus, across the St. Lawrence from Levis. Head-and-neck, pelvic, and thoracic cancer patients who develop delayed radiation tissue injury (osteoradionecrosis, radiation cystitis, or proctitis) are referred to the Hotel-Dieu de Levis Hyperbaric Medicine Unit for HBOT via the CISSS de Chaudiere-Appalaches inter-facility protocol.
Verified 2026-05-30
Wound Care Programs
Diabetic foot ulcers & non-healing wounds
Clinique de plaies complexes at Hotel-Dieu de Levis
143 rue Wolfe, Levis, QC G6V 3Z1 · 418-835-7121
The complex-wound clinic sits on the same floor as the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, creating a direct care pathway for diabetic foot ulcers, venous ulcers, and ischaemic wounds that meet RAMQ criteria for adjunct HBOT. Referrals from Levis and Beauce-region clinicians are accepted without requiring transfer to Quebec City.
Verified 2026-05-30
CLSC de Levis Community Nursing and Wound Services
99 rue du Mont-Marie, Levis, QC G6V 0M4 · 418-835-3400
First-contact community wound management for Levis South Shore residents. CLSC nurses assess and dress chronic wounds, triage cases requiring specialist evaluation, and initiate referrals to the Clinique de plaies complexes at Hotel-Dieu de Levis, the gateway to the on-site RAMQ-funded hyperbaric unit for non-healing wounds.
Verified 2026-05-30
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Nearest Alternatives to Levis
Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
Montreal, QC · 2.5 hours west
Quebec's other RAMQ-covered hospital HBOT programme.
Hyperbaric Montreal (private)
Montreal, QC · 2.5 hours west
Quebec's only private HBOT clinic. Self-pay.
Frequently Asked Questions, HBOT in Levis
Does RAMQ cover HBOT in Levis?
Yes. RAMQ covers HBOT at Hotel-Dieu de Levis for recognised conditions including diabetic foot ulcers, delayed radiation injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and decompression sickness. A physician referral is required.
How much does HBOT cost in Levis?
HBOT is free at Hotel-Dieu de Levis if you have a RAMQ-covered indication and a physician referral. There is no private HBOT clinic in the Quebec City region; the nearest private option is in Montreal.
How do I get a referral for HBOT in Levis?
Ask your family physician or specialist for a referral to the Hotel-Dieu de Levis hyperbaric unit. Urgent cases proceed as emergencies through the emergency department.
How long is the wait for HBOT at Hotel-Dieu de Levis?
Emergency indications are treated immediately. For elective indications, wait times typically range from 4 to 10 weeks.
Is HBOT available in French at Hotel-Dieu de Levis?
Yes. Hotel-Dieu de Levis operates in French; all hyperbaric care is delivered in French.
Can Quebec City residents use Hotel-Dieu de Levis?
Yes. Hotel-Dieu de Levis serves the entire Quebec City metropolitan region and Chaudiere-Appalaches. The hospital is a 15-minute drive from downtown Quebec City via the Pierre-Laporte Bridge.
How long does an HBOT session last?
A standard session runs 90 to 120 minutes including compression, treatment at 2.0 to 2.4 ATA, and decompression. Most protocols call for 20 to 40 daily sessions, 5 days per week; some radiation indications may require up to 60 sessions.
Is Hotel-Dieu de Levis a diving emergency centre?
Yes. Hotel-Dieu de Levis is designated for diving emergency hyperbaric care in eastern Quebec. Always call 911; Urgences-sante will coordinate transport.
What is the difference between mild hyperbaric chambers and clinical-grade HBOT in Levis?
Clinical-grade hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers 100 per cent oxygen at 2.0 to 2.8 ATA inside a Health Canada-licensed chamber. "Mild" or "soft" hyperbaric chambers (sometimes called "oxygen bars" or "recreational chambers") operate at 1.3 ATA or less, sometimes with ambient air rather than concentrated oxygen, and are not Health Canada-licensed for the 14 recognised clinical indications. The clinical evidence base for HBOT references pressures of 2.0 ATA and above; lower-pressure protocols do not produce the same dissolved-oxygen physiology. Provincial health plans cover treatment only at hospital programmes operating clinical-grade chambers; private clinics in Levis should disclose their chamber type and operating pressure on request.
How long are hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions in Levis?
A standard HBOT session at clinics and hospital programmes serving Levis lasts 90 to 120 minutes door-to-door: roughly 10 to 15 minutes for compression to treatment depth (typically 2.0 to 2.8 ATA), 60 to 90 minutes at treatment pressure, and 10 to 15 minutes for decompression. Patients change into chamber-safe cotton clothing, remove all electronics and oils or lotions, and either lie down in a monoplace chamber or sit in a multiplace chamber. Most chronic-condition courses run 20 to 40 sessions delivered daily or near-daily over 4 to 8 weeks; emergency indications use shorter, time-critical protocols.
What to expect at your first HBOT appointment in Levis
An HBOT session takes 90 to 120 minutes door-to-door at 2.0 to 2.4 ATA, with a standard treatment course of 20 to 60 daily weekday sessions. For the full session walkthrough, preparation checklist (what to wear, what to avoid before treatment), common side effects, chamber-type differences, and contraindications, see our What to expect from HBOT guide.
Travelling to Levis for HBOT
A standard HBOT course runs 20 to 40 sessions over 4 to 12 weeks. For provincial medical travel grants (including the Northern Health Travel Grant, MTAP, and territorial programmes), Veterans Affairs Canada coverage, interprovincial reciprocal billing rules, and patient accommodation guidance specific to Quebec, see our Canadian medical travel guide for HBOT patients.
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