1. Goals and objectives

The Department  of Respiratory medicine is one of the renowned institute in state for chest and respiratory diseases is serving  patients not only from  Raigarh but also from other districts of Chhattisgarh and Orissa  who come here for consulting incurable and chronic lung diseases

2.Head of Department message

"Institute of Respiratory Diseases is a well equipped center that  provides treatment for tuberculosis as well as non tubercular respiratory diseases in a separate respiratory disease wing and ICU. ...

Raigarh which is now considered to be hub of industries in state is full of dust and polluted air, so large number of respiratory patients with pulmonary diseases come to us and are treated well

3.Facilities in the Department

Services - OPD

Timings: Daily  -   9AM to 2.00 PM

Other Facilities:-

• Registration Counter
• Emergency facilities
• Injection room
• Minor surgical procedures
• HIV test and Counselling

Services - Indoor

•  General Ward
• Respiratory disease Wing- male and female
• Tuberculosis wing- male and female
• Emergency ward
• Resident doctors of corresponding units are looking after the patients.
• Nebulization – ultrasonic and Jet.
• Pulse Oxymeters
• Free Medicine to admitted  Tb patients

Services ICU

  Fully equipped with-

• Mechanical Ventilators-
• Non–Invasive Ventilators (BiPAP)

Procedures & Investigations

Laboratory:

• Biochemistry ,Blood Urea, Serum. Creatinine, Serum.billirubin , SGOT, SGP,
  Blood sugar, Serum .Total Proteins, Serum Electrolytes, Total Lipid Profile,   
  Serum Cholestrol, Serum VLDL ,Serum HDL,Serum GGT,Serum Phosphorus, S Amylase, Serum Alk Phosphatase, Serum Calcium, Serum LDH, Serum CPK MB, Serum CK NAC, Pleural Fluid Protein, Chloride and Sugar ,Serum Albumin      
  Serum uric Acid
• Pathology
  Haemoglobin ,Total Leucocyte Count ,Differential Leucocyte count, ESR, Platelet
  count , Complete Blood Counts,Bleeding time, Clotting Time,Urine Complete,
  Mantoux test   

• Microbiology
  Sputum examination for AFB, HbsAg, Widal Slide Test, ASLO, CRP, Dangue
  (rapid) test, Malaria by card test, VDRL test, Rheumatoid Factor, Gram Staining       
  HIV Rapid Test       

• ECG
• Radiology
  X – rays Ultrasonography   

Procedures & Investigations Available

• Ultra sonography guided procedure
• Spirometery
• ABG analysis

4.Subject curriculum

Theory:

1) Basic sciences including Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology and Pharmacology.
2) Arterial blood gases and acid base disturbance.
3) Tuberculosis – Pulmonary
- Extra- Pulmonary and allied topics in Tuberculosis
4) Non-Tubercular Respiratory Diseases.
a) Immunology of respiratory diseases.
b) Upper respiratory tract infection
c) Pneumonia
d) Emphysema
e) Lung abscess
f) Disease of Pleura
g) Fungal infection of the lung
h) Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
i) Pulmonary hypertension
j) Respiratory failure
k) Bronchiectasis
l) Parasitic diseases of the lung
m) Sarcoidosis
n) Bronchial asthma
o) Pulmonary eosinophilia, PAN, Wegener’s granulomatosis
p) Pneumothrax and Mediastinal emphysema
q) Pulmonary thrombo embolism
r) Occupational lung diseases
s) Tumors of the lung
t) Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis
u) Respiratory manifestations of systemic diseases
v) Hyaline Membrane Diseases, Cystic Fibrosis Goodpasture’s syndrome
w) Diseases of Mediastinum
x) Diseases of chest wall
y) Diseases of diaphragm
z) Lung transplantation

5. Examination pattern

As with medicine

6.List of Teaching and non teaching staff

1 Dr Ganesh Patel       Asst Professor

2. Dr Ravindra Soren Junior Resident
3. Dr Akanksha Gupta Junior Resident
4. Dr Anil Dansena Junior Resident

7.Events

First Tuesday of May  World Asthma Day

March 24         World TB Day

November 12  World Pneumonia Day

November 19  World COPD Day

 

8. Awards Nil

9.Research Paper  by Faculty

Lymphoma presenting as chylothorax, RAJ PULMOCON 2015

10.Paper Publications

1. Clinical, bacteriological and radiological study of community acquired pneumonia.

 Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 2015; Vol. 4, Issue 13, February 12; Page: 2092-2099, DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2015/304.