rajagiri hospital Aluva, Kochi, Kerala

The Department of Pulmonary medicine at the Rajagiri Hospital offers comprehensive respiratory services to accurately diagnose and effectively treat a wide range of diseases of the airways, lung, and pleura. The department has dedicated and reputed consultants with an immense degree of experience and expertise in handling complex respiratory problems. Equipments incorporating cutting edge respiratory problems and competent supporting paramedical staff are the highest of the department which works in close association with related specialties like critical care, radio diagnosis and thoracic surgery to deliver comprehensive respiratory care. Emergency services are provided on a 24x7 basis whereas OPD functions from 9 AM to 5 PM. Compassionate care blended with uncompromising safety is given utmost priority and provision of state of the art on par with the global benchmark is the motto.

An interdisciplinary team of doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nurses, social workers, psychologist, prosthetists and orthotists works under the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or Physiatry. The coordinated work aims at maximizing the functional abilities of people with disabilities. Various clinico-pathological conditions ( listed below) which lead to physicalneurological impairments are taken care through outpatient and , Physiotherapy- for physical fitness and gait training, Occupational therapy- for Activities of Daily Life(ADL) and Hand function training, Physiatrist takes over patients to the department once the acute critical condition or surgical period is over and does the detailed assessment and management of disabling condition and comorbidities. We set an integrated rehab goal for maximum independency of the patient. We seek for interdepartmental consultations, if needed, analyzing the medical condition in the due time. Physiatrists organize and Orthotic unit(out sourced)- for providing supporting equipment’s like splints, braces etc.