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Department of Respiratory medicine is headed by Prof Dr.A.D.Nageswari with service experience in field of Tuberculosis and chest diseases more than 35 years, she is a post graduate in chest medicine and Fellow of Chest physicians of India and Japan. WHO awardee of Fellowship in TB control. She has published more than 15 papers. HOD is ably supported by Assistant Professor Dr.T.Bindu MD chest medicine and Dr. Ijin Jinitha, Dr. K. Ramesh Babu and Dr.Rajesh Kumar.

• Over the year’s department has grown to this level with OPD number graduating to 60 – 70 patients per day with the ward bed strength of 30.
• Required therapeutic and diagnostic procedures are being regularly performed in the department.

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Services Available

• Daily Opd For Respiratory Diseases Patients
• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
• Pulmonary Functon Testing With Gas Diffusion Studies
• Inter Costal Drain Insertion
• Diagnostic And Therapeutic Thoracentesis
• Pleurodesis
• CPAP And BIPAP Therapy For Respiratory Diseases
• Tru-Cut Biopsy Of Lung / Pleural Biopsies
• Fnac-Lung Mass / Lymph Node
• Co Check / Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

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RNTCP ACTIVITIES

• Functioning as a DMC and DOTS centre.
• All the TB cases diagnosed at various departments of our hospital are being registered and referred for ATT at nearby DOTS centre through REFERRAL FORM.
• Patients residing in and around our hospital are given treatment under RNTCP at our centre.
• Core committee has been formed to guide the plan and functioning of RNTCP activities in our hospital.
• Sensitization programme conducted for CRRI, Staff nurses and Para- medical workers.

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I.RNTCP Ist Core Committe Meeting

 DATE 13.10.2015:

CME : Standard Care Of TB Under RNTCP.

Participants : 200 members.

Speakers :

1.Dr.Lakshmi Murali,M.D.Chest,State TB Officer.

2.Dr.Nalini,M.D.Chest

II.RNTCP Refresher Course Programme For Undergraduates.

DATE :15.03.2016

Participants : 200 members

Topics :

1. Epidemiology of tuberculosis and RNTCP Overview.
2. Diagnosis of TB Under RNTCP
3. Lab Diagnosis of TB Under RNTCP
4. Management of TB Under RNTCP including Special Situation and Adverse reactions
5. TB Forms,Register & Reporting System under RNTCP
6. TB Notification & Monitoring under RNTCP
7. Practical approach at various level,Grouo Discussion and Group presentation

Speakers :

1. A.D.Nageswari M.D.D.T.C.D,Prof &HOD of Respiratory Medicine.
2. Bindu M.D.Chest.Asst Professor of Respiratory Medicine.
3. Jeyakumari M.D,Prof of Microbiology.
4. Nalini M.D.D.T.C.D.Superintendent Otteri TB Hospital,Zonal Task Force Cochair Tamilnadu.
5. K.R.John M.D.SPM,Prof & Head of community medicine,SRM Medical College.
6. G.Meenakshi D.T.C.D.Deputy Director of Medical Service (TB)I/C.Kancheepuram.

 

III. RNTCP II Core Committe Meeting.

DATE :21.04.2016

IV .Symposium on Bronchial Asthama.

DATE :28.06.2016.
Participants : 200 members

Topics :

1. Introduction Epidemiology,Etiology,Types of Bronchial
2. Pathophysiology of Bronchial asthama.
3. Clinical Diagnosis including Differential Diagnosis
4. Management of Bronchial asthama.
5. Childhood Bronchial asthama.

Speakers :

1. A.D.Nageswari .
2. V.Aruna Patmavathy
3. K.B.Prasanna
4. Bindu
5. K.Madhumitha

V.Clinical Research Made Easy.

DATE : 03.08.2016

Topics:

1. Research methodology
2. Skills of Manuscript writing
3. Funding guidelines

Speakers :

1. D.M.Chirste MBBS,DGO,PhD
2. Raja Anand M.pharm PhD
3. E. Balaji M.Tech

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