TB And Respiratory Diseases

The Department of TB and Respiratory Diseases is actively involved in teaching, training and research in the field of TB & Respiratory Diseases. The faculty of the department assists the government of India in developing strategies for TB control and in implementation of the same. The faculty has contributed significantly to the development of national guidelines in India for management of tuberculosis, Multi Drug Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and pediatric tuberculosis under the national program.

The administrative constitution of the department is as follows: –

Head, Dept. of TB & Respiratory Diseases: Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Unit I: (OPD Days: Monday & Thursday)

  1. In charge: Dr. Vikram Vohra
  2. Consultant: Dr. Sushil Munjal
  3. Specialists: Dr. J.K. Saini, Dr. Amit Sharma, Dr. Poulomi Chatterjee
  4. Senior CMO: Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal
  5. Medical Officers: Dr. Yasir Abdulla

Unit II: (OPD Days: Tuesday & Friday)

  1. In charge: Dr. Sanjay Gupta
  2. Consultant: Dr. Dr. Rupak Singla
  3. Specialists: Dr. Rajnish Gupta, Dr. Puneet Arora, Dr. Ananya Prabhu, Dr. Saroj Meena, Dr. A. Swaroon
  4. Medical Officers: Dr. Kapil Kumar Mathuria, Dr. Priyadarshini

Unit III: (OPD Days: Wednesday &   Saturday)

  1. In charge: Dr. Lokender
  2. Consultant: Dr. M.M. Puri
  3. Specialists: Dr. Prabhjeet Sethi, Dr, Ashish Ranjan
  4. Senior CMO: Dr. Anil Jain
  5. Medical Officers: Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Dr. Ajanta P, Dr. Kaniskh

Inpatient services: The Department has indoor wards for 354 beds including 20 emergency room beds.  The department provides inpatient care to tuberculosis, lung cancer and other non-TB respiratory diseases patients and free anti-retrovirus treatment to patients suffering from TB-HIV co-infection. For acutely ill patients the department is associated with 14 bedded ICU. 

Emergency Services: Since 1st April 2009 Institute has started emergency ward of 20 beds for care of patients reporting in emergency. 

Special Chest Clinics: For patients suffering from various non-tuberculous chest diseases special clinics are also run by the department such as Cancer clinic, smoking cessation clinic, Allergy clinic, Sleep clinic and Physiotherapy clinic. 

Out Patient Services: The Department has an out-patient department (OPD) with an average daily attendance of more than 1000 patients and 250 – 300 new chest symptomatic per day. The OPD runs from 9 AM to 1 PM. The registration in OPD is done from 8.30 AM to 12 noon. 

Trainings: The Department is actively involved in the training of various medical and paramedical personnel in implementation of strategies Revised National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). The institute also conducts training for Bronchoscopy, Pulmonary Function Tests, Sleep Medicine and ICU. The department is actively involved in organizing Continuing Medical Education program (CME), seminars, conferences on different aspects of diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases. 

Post graduate DNB (Respiratory Medicine) Course: The Institute is recognized Centre for post-graduate DNB (Respiratory Diseases) degree course since 1999. Now, the institute has been accredited for ten primary and nine secondary DNB seats per year. Regular teaching activities such as seminars, journal club, faculty lectures, grand case presentation, mortality meetings, pathological conference, radiological conference, and bed-side clinical round are routinely carried out.

Research Activities: The faculty members of the department are involved in several multi-centric trials at international level and other research projects within the country. Besides this all DNB students submit research projects as a part of their DNB course.

The publications of the faculty of the institute can be viewed under research section and in the annual report section.

Procedures: Numerous diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures are routinely carried out in the department such as:

  1. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)
  2. Fiber Optic Bronchoscopy (FOB)
  3. Rigid Bronchoscopy
  4. Intercostal Tube Thoracostomy
  5. Ultrasound guided FNAC and Trucut  Biopsy
  6. CT guided FNAC
  7. Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  8. Complete Pulmonary Function Testing including Spirometry, Lung Volume, Body Plethysmography, Diffusion Capacity and FeNO.
  9. Medical Thoracoscopy 
  10. Cryotherapy/Cryobiopsy
  11. Electro-Cautery