Pulmonology

Best Pulmonology Hospital in Raipur

• Expert pulmonologists: Experience in Respiratory Disease and Critical Care Medicine with hands-on depth in chest medicine and paediatric care
• Full pulmonary function testing laboratory: Spirometry, DLCO, flow-volume loops, bronchoprovocation testing.
• Interventional bronchoscopy suite: Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, EBUS, BAL, transbronchial biopsy, airway stenting.
• Respiratory ICU: Invasive and non-invasive ventilation, high-flow nasal oxygen and round-the-clock critical care.
• Advanced diagnostics: HRCT chest, CT pulmonary angiography, and PET-CT for lung cancer, ILD, and pulmonary embolism workup
• Treatment: Structured disease management for asthma, COPD, tuberculosis, ILD, and sleep-disordered breathing
• Pleural disease services: Ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis, chest drain insertion and chemical pleurodesis
• Pulmonary rehabilitation programme for chronic lung disease: Supervised exercise, airway clearance, and nutritional support

The Department of Pulmonology at Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur, is a specialised centre for respiratory medicine and critical lung care, managing a wide range of conditions affecting the airways, lung parenchyma, and pulmonary circulation. The programme is built to address both chronic respiratory disorders and acute, life-threatening conditions with equal clinical precision. Patients here come from Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Bastar, and Korba because the level of respiratory specialist care available here makes the journey worth making. 

There is also something specific about Chhattisgarh's respiratory disease picture that shapes how we work. Tobacco is heavily used (bidi and cigarettes alike) and COPD rates reflect that. Indoor biomass burning remains common in rural households and is a major driver of chronic obstructive and restrictive lung disease in women who have never smoked. Tuberculosis has not gone away and post-TB lung damage creates a chronic respiratory burden that outlasts the infection by decades. Mining communities in Korba, Raigarh, and neighbouring districts face silicosis and coal dust disease. These are the actual patients in our outpatient clinic, and our clinical approach is built around them.

Conditions We Treat 

Our pulmonology team treat every type of respiratory condition:

• Asthma: In India many adults living with asthma have never had the diagnosis properly confirmed or the right inhaler prescribed for their specific profile. We confirm severity through spirometry, identify underlying triggers, and build a treatment plan around what genuine symptom control actually looks like for each patient. 
• COPD: COPD is the most common serious lung disease in our region, driven almost entirely by tobacco use and indoor biomass burning. The lung damage is irreversible, but progression can be slowed and symptoms substantially improved with appropriate bronchodilators, prompt exacerbation treatment, supplemental oxygen for those who qualify, and pulmonary rehabilitation. 
• Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is still being diagnosed in our OPD every week. Drug-sensitive TB is managed with DOTS regimens and drug-resistant TB through specialist protocols with careful toxicity monitoring. We also address post-TB complications like bronchiectasis, destroyed lung, and aspergilloma sitting in old cavities. 
• Interstitial Lung Disease: ILD covers a wide and clinically distinct group of conditions including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, connective tissue disease-related ILD, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, and drug-induced fibrosis. Accurate differentiation between these conditions is essential to treatment, and our specialists bring the depth of knowledge that this diagnosis demands.
• Sleep Apnea: Sleep apnea is dramatically underdiagnosed here. Many patients presenting with fatigue and unrefreshing sleep have never been told that the problem lies in their breathing at night. We offer full polysomnography to confirm the diagnosis and quantify severity. 
• Bronchiectasis: Permanent airway widening leads to chronic cough, recurrent infections, and significant daily discomfort. Management focuses on airway clearance, infection control and reducing exacerbation frequency through a consistent long-term plan.
• Pneumonia: From community-acquired illness to severe hospital acquired pneumonia our pulmonology experts carefully assess each presentation to determine the right antibiotic strategy, monitoring level and care setting for safe and complete recovery.
• Pleural Disease: From effusions and empyema to pneumothorax and pleural thickening, our team evaluates and manages the full range of pleural conditions with diagnostic precision and procedural expertise.
• Pulmonary Hypertension: Elevated pulmonary artery pressure strains the right heart and leads to progressive functional decline when unmanaged. Early diagnosis and structured treatment are critical to slowing disease progression and preserving quality of life.
• Acute Respiratory Failure: When the lungs can no longer maintain adequate gas exchange, immediate expert intervention is essential. Our team manages both hypoxic and hypercapnic failure including non-invasive ventilation and ICU escalation when required.
• Lung Cancer: Early detection and a coordinated multidisciplinary response are critical to outcomes in lung cancer. Our team works closely with oncology and thoracic surgery to ensure timely diagnosis, accurate staging, and access to surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.

Diagnostics and Facilities at Pulmonology Department

Good diagnostics don't just confirm a diagnosis. They change the entire treatment decision. Here is what our department brings to every patient workup:

• Pulmonary Function Testing
  • Full PFT laboratory offering spirometry
  • DLCO measurement
  • Flow-volume loops
  • Bronchodilator reversibility testing
  • Body plethysmography.
• Imaging
  • Chest X-ray for initial assessment and follow-up monitoring
  • HRCT chest for detailed evaluation of ILD, bronchiectasis, and parenchymal disease
  • CT pulmonary angiography for definitive diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
  • PET-CT for lung cancer staging and treatment planning.
• Interventional Bronchoscopy
  • Flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and targeted biopsy
  • EBUS-guided mediastinal sampling for lymph node assessment and staging
  • Rigid bronchoscopy with airway stenting for central airway obstruction.
• Pleural Procedures
  • Image-guided thoracocentesis and chest drain insertion
  • Pleurodesis for recurrent malignant pleural effusion.
• Sleep Diagnostics
  • Type 1 full polysomnography recording airflow, respiratory effort, oxygen saturation, and sleep stages simultaneously
  • In-lab CPAP and BiPAP titration for accurate pressure setting before home initiation.
• Respiratory ICU
  • Dedicated unit providing both invasive mechanical ventilation and non-invasive ventilatory support
  • Specialist pulmonology cover available around the clock for critically ill respiratory patients.

Pulmonology Treatments and Procedures 

At Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals our pulmonologists review your condition and provide pharmacological or interventional treatment:

• Pharmacological Treatments
  • Inhaled bronchodilators including short-acting and long-acting beta-agonists for asthma and COPD management
  • Inhaled corticosteroids and combination therapies for chronic airway inflammation
  • Antifibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Targeted biologic therapy for severe allergic and eosinophilic asthma
  • Pulmonary vasodilators for pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Antitubercular therapy including DOTS regimens for drug-sensitive TB and specialist protocols for drug-resistant TB
  • Systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressants for ILD, sarcoidosis, and connective tissue disease-related lung conditions
  • Anticoagulation therapy for pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic disease
  • Antibiotic regimens for community-acquired, hospital-acquired, and aspiration pneumonia
  • Long-term oxygen therapy for patients with chronic hypoxaemia meeting clinical criteria
  • CPAP and BiPAP therapy initiation and titration for obstructive and central sleep apnea
• Interventional Pulmonology and Lung Procedures
  • Airway and Bronchoscopic Interventions
    • Flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for infection and inflammatory workup
    • Endobronchial biopsy and transbronchial lung biopsy for tissue diagnosis
    • EBUS-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for mediastinal lymph node sampling and lung cancer staging
    • Rigid bronchoscopy for management of central airway obstruction
    • Endobronchial stenting for malignant and benign airway strictures
    • Foreign body removal from the airway
    • Endobronchial valve placement for severe emphysema and persistent air leak management
    • Balloon bronchoplasty for post-inflammatory and post-intubation airway narrowing.
  • Pleural and Lung Therapeutic Procedures
    • Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracocentesis for pleural effusion
    • Image-guided intercostal chest drain insertion for empyema, haemothorax, and pneumothorax
    • Medical thoracoscopy for undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and pleural biopsy
    • Chemical pleurodesis for recurrent malignant pleural effusion
    • Indwelling pleural catheter placement for long-term pleural fluid drainage
    • Ultrasound-guided pleural and peripheral lung lesion biopsy
    • CT-guided lung biopsy for deep parenchymal and mediastinal lesions

Achievements

The Pulmonology Department at Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals focus on ensuring that each patient can breathe better again:

• Built one of Central India's most complete respiratory care programmes, covering everything from outpatient chronic disease management to critical respiratory failure in a dedicated Respiratory ICU.
• Established a fully equipped PFT laboratory offering the complete panel of pulmonary function tests
• Developed an active interventional bronchoscopy programme including EBUS-guided mediastinal sampling, rigid bronchoscopy, and endobronchial stenting
• Recognised for clinical expertise in interstitial lung disease, with experience across IPF, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, and connective tissue disease-related ILD
• Consistently managing complex pleural disease, sleep apnea, drug-resistant tuberculosis and post-TB complications
• Supported by a multidisciplinary team working alongside oncology, thoracic surgery, rheumatology, and critical care to ensure no respiratory condition is ever managed in isolation.

Our Expert Team of Pulmonology Doctors

Breathing difficulties have a way of making everything else in life feel harder. At CARE Hospitals, our pulmonology specialists understand that deeply, and it shapes the way they approach every patient they see. With advanced training across the full spectrum of respiratory medicine, from chronic airway disease and interstitial lung conditions to sleep disorders and critical respiratory failure, our doctors bring both clinical precision and genuine attentiveness to every consultation. They don't just treat the lungs. They take the time to understand the person behind the breathlessness, and build a care plan that fits their life, not just their diagnosis.

Why Choose Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals?

The most obvious difference between our department and a standard chest clinic is the range of what happens here. Most outpatient chest medicine in Chhattisgarh stops at diagnosis and a prescription. What we offer runs from spirometry and HRCT through bronchoscopy and EBUS to CPAP titration in the sleep laboratory and mechanical ventilation in the Respiratory ICU. A patient can start with us at an early asthma diagnosis and still be managed here if they later develop drug-resistant disease or respiratory failure.

Our pulmonologists are trained specifically in respiratory medicine. The distinction shows in complex cases: interpreting an HRCT with a reticular pattern, reading a BAL result, distinguishing UIP from NSIP histologically, and choosing between antifibrotics and immunosuppression in ILD. These decisions require trained expertise.

We also do not send patients elsewhere to complete investigations. HRCT, PFT, bronchoscopy, EBUS, sleep study, pleural fluid analysis - everything is available within our department. For patients travelling from outside Raipur, that is a practical advantage when you are already breathless.