The Department of Pulmonology at Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital operates under the Department of General Medicine. The Pulmonology unit is equipped with a specialized 30-bed Chest Ward and isolation facilities for managing a wide range of lung disorders, including tuberculosis. Our dedicated Chest Clinic with PFT lab is open Monday through Friday, providing comprehensive care to outpatients.
Outpatient and Inpatient facility (Chest clinic - Monday to Friday, Inpatient - 30 beds)
Isolation facility for management of Communicable diseases.
Pulmonary Function Testing - Spirometry, Body plethysmography, DLCO testing.
Transbronchial and Transthorasic Lung Biopsy
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy.
Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Thoracoscopy
Pleurodesis
ECMO (Extra corporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
Evaluation and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy for Cancer Patients.
Management of Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary TB and maintenance of TB Registry
Biological therapy for Severe Asthma
Management of Severe COPD/ILD and other lung conditions.
Management of COVID patients.
Adult vaccination (Influenza, Pneumococcal, Herpes Zoster, COVID)
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Ongoing topics - An Observational Study On The Clinicopathological Profile Of Patients With Primary Lung Cancer Treated At Railway Hospital Perambur.
A cross sectional observational study on the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in clinic- radiological suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital.
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