The Department of Pulmonary Medicine undertakes the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary diseases in children, adolescents, and adults.
The department undertakes specialized treatment of specific diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, interstitial lung diseases, cystic fibrosis, occupational lung diseases, , tuberculosis, sleep-disordered breathing, lung cancers .
Services Offered
- Asthma and COPD Clinics.
- Sleep disorder clinic.
- Smoking Cessation Clinic including counselling and pharmacotherapy.
- Pulmonary rehabilitation clinic.
Facilities available
- Spirometry Pre & Post bronchodialator.
- Six minutes walk test.
- Allergy sensitivity test.
- Sleep diagnostic study
- CPAP titration
- Dedicated pulmonary rehabilitation clinic with the support of psychologist,rehab nurse,physiotherapist and nutriounist.
- smoking cessation programme.
- Asthma education for self management and inhaler usages.