“The Pulmonary Department in Kerala Medical College Hospital offers a range of services to people suffering from chest and breathing and sleep-related problems.”
The Department of Pulmonology in Kerala Medical College Hospital has a group of well-trained doctors who are experts in treating diseases of the airways and lungs which include asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiolar, pneumonia, chronic cough, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, pleural disease, pulmonary vascular disease, and sleep disorders. Kerala Medical College Hospital’s pulmonary department is also equipped with advanced bronchoscopy and Thoracoscopy facilities.
FACILITIES OFFERED
- Adult flexible Bronchoscopy
- Adult rigid bronchoscopy
- Pediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy
- Cryotherapy
- Convex Endobronchial Ultrasound (C-EBUS)
- Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound (R-EBUS)
- USG-guided lung biopsy
- Lung cryo-biopsy
- Hot therapies-electrocautery & argon plasma coagulation
- Airway Stenting
- Whole lung lavage
- Diagnostic and therapeutic rigid thoracoscopy
- Indwelling pleural catheter insertion