Respiratory medicine department was started in April 2017
Head of Department: Dr. Hemant Kumar, Associate Professor
Residents:
Senior Residents: 1) Dr. Manoj Pandey
2) Dr. Amiya Pandey
Junior Resident: Dr. Pragya Pandey
Department Location:
OPD: Room No. 113, 1st floor
Ward: Hospital Block
Respiratory Labs: 1st Floor, Hospital Block, Room no.137
Current Facilities available:
1) OPD Service- Monday, Wednesday & Friday
2) Minor OT procedures: Intercostal tube drainage, pleural aspiration, cold abscess drain, pleurodesis etc
2) Bronchoscopy: Every Tuesday and Thursday
Place: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Block
3) Pulmonary Function test: Daily
4) Sleep Lab: Daily
Place: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Block
This facility is for diagnosis and treatment of Sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring problem, obesity hypoventilation syndrome etc by modern Polysomnograph machine.
5) In-patient services:
Respiratory Medicine Wards: There are Separate wards for male and female. These wards deals with all Respiratory patients.
Teaching and
Research:
There is facilities for teaching undergraduate and Post graduate students as per the guidelines of the Medical Council of India. This includes theory classes as well as clinical postings. There is periodic assessment of the students in the form of regular seminars and internal examinations. Student are motivated to attend national and international CMEs and conferences.
Departmental Teaching Program
1) Seminar-
Every Saturday
2) Case
Presentation/ Journal club: Every Tuesday
3) Faculty
Lecture: Every month on 1st Saturday
4) Pulmonary-
Radiology Discussion: Every Month on 2nd Thursday
On Going Research Projects in
Department:
1) Burden
of Tuberculosis in household paediatric contacts of pulmonary Tuberculosis
patients
2) Clinico-epidemiological profile of COVID-19
patients at tertiary care hospital in India
3)
Radiological
predictors of residual radiographic lesions in responders to pulmonary
tuberculosis therapy.
4) Assessment
of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among respiratory patients on inhalation
therapy in a tertiary care hospital.
5) Assessment
of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards Hydroxychloroquine pre- exposure
prophylaxis for COVID-19 among health care professionals
CME
Organized:
1) Tuberculosis Update- 24th
March 2018
2) Tuberculosis Update- 1-7
March 2020
3) Tuberculosis and Covid- 19
Update- 14th March 2020
Academic course offered: None
Help line number for appointment: 8176007246
Events
1) CME “Tuberculosis Update”- 24th
March 2018
2) World Asthma day Camp- 1st
May 2018
3) World COPD Day awareness program- Nov
2018
4) World Tuberculosis day celebration- 24th
march 2019
5) Guest Lecture by Prof. Ajay K. Verma
(KGMU) on 20 August 2019
6) Inter Departmental Meeting with
Department of Gen Medicine, ENT and Surgery- 14 Sept. 2019
7) First Foundation Day of Department of Respiratory Medicine celebration on 22 oct. 2019
8) CME on "TUBERCULOSIS and Covid-19 Update" on March 14 2020
9) Tuberculosis Children Adoption Program on occasion of 70th birthday of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 17/09/2020