Considering the amount of pollution present in the country today, chest medicine has become a growing field for the treatment of the diseases caused. The department of Pulmonology is mainly concerned with treating the diseases of the chest. It undertakes the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and management of pulmonary diseases in both the pediatric population and in adults. The doctors and all the staff employed by this department are trained individuals with several years of experience under their belt.
The department offers treatment for a large number of diseases.
Some of these are:
1) Bronchial Asthma: A condition in which the patient's airways become inflated, narrow, and swell, also producing mucus.
2) COPD: A group of lung diseases that block the airways and make it difficult to breathe.
3) SDP: Sleep disordered breathing is a general term for breathing difficulties that occur while asleep.
4) Lung cancer
5) Tuberculosis
These diseases are very uncomfortable at best, and deadly or even fatal at their worst. It is important that the hospital be equipped with both an outpatient and inpatient service.
Emergency services need to be provided by the department, and round the clock resident doctors be available at the hospital to take care of emergency patients. A fully equipped, state of the art Respiratory ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is a part of multispeciality hospital, to provide services in emergency situations or for critical care patients.
Pulmonary & respiratory care physicians are specialists in diagnosing and treating breathing diseases and lung conditions, applying the newest technology and strategies to help you breath more easily.
Pulmonary medicine is a subspecialty of internal medicine that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions that affect the lungs and respiratory tract. Here are some of the most common conditions that our pulmonologists diagnose and treatment.
Pulmonology department also focuses on the disease-oriented research programs with a focus on translating latest research findings to offer effective care and treatment, which makes this department one of the best for carrying out the treatment.
The latest findings that happen in the world of pulmonary medicine are used to treat diseases and make the world a better place. The various services offered by this department include Centre for snoring and sleep disorders, bronchial asthma clinic, allergy clinic and allergen testing, pulmonary function lab and DLCO lab, Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, medical and surgical thoracoscopy, lung biopsy, lung cancer clinic, pulmonary tuberculosis clinic, ILD clinic, and CT Thorax.
