NIDCH

Unit-6 - (Black)

Medicine Unit-VI

Department of Respiratory Medicine

National Institute of Diseases of the Chest & Hospital,

Mohakhali, Dhaka.

Department Overview

National Institute of Diseases of the Chest & Hospital located at Mohakhali, Dhaka. The Department of Respiratory Medicine of this institute is one of the most promising & comprehensive dynamic sector serving the needs of persons with Respiratory illness.

Skilled physicians of Medicine Unit - VIII have updated knowledge to treat patients of all ages on both inpatient and outpatient basis and teachers provide outstanding teaching for post-graduate students.

Organogram (at present)

The Medicine Unit - VIII of Department of Respiratory Medicine at present running with following manpower

Designation Number

Professor 00

Associate Professor 01

Assistant Professor 01

Registrar 01

Medical officer 02

MLSS 01

Teachers and Doctors of Medicine Unit - VIII

Dr. Nihar Ranjan Saha

Associate Professor

Unit chief

Dr. Pulak Kumar Dey

Assistant Professor

Dr. H.M. Aminur Rashid Mishu

Registrar

Dr. Md.Nazmul Hasnine Nawshad

Medical Officer

Dr. Md.Habibur Rahman

Medical Officer

Activities of the Department (MU-VIII):

*Management of indoor patients admitted under this unit.
*Management of Outdoor patients on schedule days.
*Management of referred patients from Surgery department.
*Bronchoscopy of indoor & outdoor patients.
*Lecture classes for MD (Chest Diseases / Respiratory Medicine) and DTCD students according to their academic calendar.
*Clinical demonstration / Bedside teaching of the students.
*Other academic activities such as case presentations, journal presentation, grand-round presentation, death review and CME seminars.

Indoor Patient Profile-2019 (MU- VIII)

Month	Male	Female	Total
January	32	10	42
February	25	15	40
March	33	22	55
April	31	12	43
May	31	09	40
June	36	13	49
July	30	07	37
August	68	29	97
September	58	21	79
October	35	09	44
November	43	10	53
December	19	05	24
Total	441	162	603

Disease Profile of Indoor Patients-2019 (MU- VIII)

Disease	Male	Female	Total
Bronchial Asthma	39	39	78
COPD	115	9	124
Pulmonary TB	50	17	67
Extra-pulmonary TB	34	16	50
Pneumonia	19	19	38
DPLD	12	11	23
Bronchial carcinoma	65	13	78
Lung Abscess	10	5	15
Bronchiectasis	49	23	72
Cystic fibrosis	2	3	5
Others	48	07	55
Total	441	162	603

Age distribution of Indoor Patients-2019

Age (years)	Male	Female	Total
< 20	23	20	43
21-40	85	42	127
41-60	175	50	225
61-80	144	40	184
81-100	14	10	24
Total	441	162	603

Outdoor patient Profile-2019 (MU- VIII)

Month	Male	Female	Total
January	39	28	67
February	21	23	44
March	29	22	51
April	33	29	62
May	35	32	67
June	31	31	62
July	25	21	46
August	55	34	89
September	59	32	91
October	42	33	75
November	37	25	62
December	22	21	43
Total	428	331	759

Bronchocopy Profile-2019 (MU- VIII)

Month	Male	Female	Total
January	9	3	12
February	7	5	12
March	6	3	09
April	6	3	09
May	8	4	12
June	6	9	15
July	4	3	07
August	8	5	13
September	7	2	09
October	8	4	12
November	6	1	07
December	6	2	08
Total	81	44	125

Other activities Profile-2019 (MU- VIII)

Month	Case presentation	Journal presentation	grand-round presentation	Death review	CME seminars
January	4	0	1	0	1
February	4	1	0	1	1
March	4	0	0	0	1
April	5	0	0	0	1
May	4	1	1	1	2
June	4	0	0	0	1
July	4	0	0	0	1
August	5	1	1	1	2
September	4	0	1	0	1
October	4	0	0	0	0
November	4	1	0	1	1
December	5	0	1	0	2
Total	51	04	05	04	14

Future Plan:

*Monthly CME program in unit of recent advances of management of respiratory illness.
*Weekly discussion meeting in the unit about indoor patient managements.
*Continued research works on Respiratory diseases.
*Weekly Follow-up clinic for the patients treated under our unit.

Lackings:

*Manpower: Professor, Registrar, Assistant Registrar, Medical Officer, MLSS.
Rooms: Doctors Rooms.
*Instruments/Machines: Abraham’s needle, Pleuroscopy setup, EBUS-TBNA setup, APC setup etc.

Recommendations:

*Authority should take immediate initiatives for creating the essential new regular posts of the teaching staffs and others for Department of Respiratory Medicine of NIDCH.
*Well equipped infrastructure should be established for the department.