Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine Department provides Out-Patient Consultations on all working days and In- Patient and Emergency Referrals. The Department is equipped with state of the art Bronchoscopy and Medical Thoracoscopy Suite, EBUS, FeNO, Sleep and PFT Lab including FeNO. Currently we are providing scientific and evidence-based management of respiratory infections including pneumonia, asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases, tuberculosis, and sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnoea, lung cancers; and patients with liver diseases having lung related problems. Palliative treatment in the form of tracheal stent is provided for patients with neoplastic involvement of trachea on individual case merits. As a part of multi-disciplinary services, the Department is also able to manage cases of recurrent haemoptysis by bronchial artery embolization with the help of Interventional Radiology.
Services Rendered by the department : From January'23 to November'23
Name of Test |
2022 |
2023 (till 30 Nov 2023) |
OPD & IPD |
6361 |
6138 |
PFT SIMPLE |
1516 |
1518 |
PFT WITH BRONCHODILATOR |
721 |
927 |
PFT WITH DIFFUSION STUDIES |
451 |
4 |
SLEEP STUDY |
51 |
46 |
BRONCHOSCOPY |
84 |
99 |
FeNO |
52 |
15 |
6 MINUTES WALK TEST |
601 |
787 |
New services & facilities added to the department in 2023
- Four Pulmonary Medicine beds in Semi Private Ward.
Educational Activities
- Details of the Educational activities (CME/Conf/workshop/webinars) hosted by the department in 2023:- Nil
Covid-19 awareness educational activities for doctors, nurses and paramedical staffs
- Courses offered by the Department -
Course |
Candidates admitted |
Candidates passed |
PDCC Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine |
Nil |
NA |