Pulmonary Medicine

Vision

• To be at the forefront striving for excellence in training, in the field of community health, by rapidly adopting highest standards of practice and newer initiatives in medical education.
• To instill interest in research among students, by making accessible, relevant resources and tools.
• To develop and maintain peripheral health centers catering to the evolving health needs of the communities, while conducting various outreach activities with focus on health promotion and prevention
• To establish association and extend support to various Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations in delivering high quality health-care services to the communities

EMERGENCY SERVICES

The Emergency Respiratory Department of the hospital functions round the clock, where qualified Respiratory consultants are available to attend the sick patients in the emergency department

OUTPATIENT SERVICES

The Respiratory outpatient clinic, runs for six days a week i.e., Monday to Saturday, from 9.00 am to4.00 pm. The OPD consultations for common illnesses and, follow up of discharged patients, Immunisation, Allergic diseases, smoking cessation, pulmonary function testing(PFT), pulmonary rehabilitation are available. All outpatient care is delivered by a consultant / Professor / associate professor along with Asst Professor, Senior resident, Junior resident and internees of the department.

In addition to regular OP , subspecialty clinics are also run simultaneously as listed below: Sub Specialty Clinics in Pulmonology OPD run by Asst Prof , respiratory medicine department.

Pulmonology Express Clinics:

Private consultations are available for patients who wish to have quick consultation by passing general queues

INPATIENT SERVICES:

In ANH inpatient care is rendered through 40 ward beds distributed in 1unit, in addition 5 bedded RICU. Patients are admitted in the inpatient care facility of the hospital either from casualty, OPD, Express clinic or transfer from other units of hospital. Services like nebulisation, oxygen administration, thoracocentesis, intercostal tube drainage, lung and pleural biopsy, bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy are provided for the needed.

RICU:

The RICU is equipped to manage cases like Respiratory conditions like ARDS, acute severe asthma, bronchiolitis, severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, COPD, Broncheictasis, pneumothorax , empyema, tuberculosis, Septic Shock, MODS etc.

Outreach

“Reaching out to the communities”

Outreach services has been the mainstay among multiple activities by community medicine department. These services are primarily being provided through the peripheral centres under the department – Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) & Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC).

Services across the comprehensive health care spectrum (preventive, promotive, curative & rehabilitative) in the form of outpatient, inpatient & referral services, emergency health care, health awareness & education campaigns, school health programmes are provided on a regular basis. Important health days are observed all along the year, supplementing the regular activities. Also, noteworthy of mentioning, the department constantly create and provide opportunities to the undergraduates & postgraduates to be part of all the activities, enriching their learning experiences, while making them competent to operate on an independent basis in the future.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS

Ongoing Research Topics