GALAXY HOSPITAL EAST DELHI – A FRESH LEASE OF BREATH TO PATIENTS

A fresh lease of breath for patients in East Delhi

As Air pollution and smoking increase, the respiratory problems in our society are increasing exponentially. It is the need of the hour to provide specialized respiratory disease related services to the millions of patients with respiratory morbidities. In line with same, Asuper speciality Pulmonary and critical care centre has opened up at AGCR enclave in East Delhi. The Galaxy Institute of Pulmonology associated with the Galaxy Hospital promises to be a fresh lease of breath for patients with respiratory diseases. The centre is a stop solution for all kinds of respiratory ailments, including Bronchial asthma, COPD, Snoring and sleep apnea, respiratory allergies and interventional pulmonology. The centre has the first Endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy for evaluation of chest lymph nodes in east Delhi. Apart for regular OPD and inpatient services, the centre also has a state of the art Respiratory Intensive care Unitfor the management of patients with advanced respiratory failure. Speciality clinics such as ILD Clinic, Difficult asthma clinic, Sleep clinic and Smoking cessation clinics will be started soon. The unit has some of the most renowned chest physicians including Dr. K.K Pandey, who is senior chest physician with active interest in smoking related lung diseases. He is joined by Dr. Arjun Khanna, DM Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine, who has been trained at Safdarjang hospital and has worked as faculty at the prestigious AIIMS, New Delhi. Dr.Ankit Sinha will be joining the unit as a consultant; he had earlier been heading the department of Chest diseases at Metro Hospital, Preet Vihar.