Overview

Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad announced the opening of Faridabad’s first dedicated Lung Failure Clinic, a first‑of‑its‑kind centre in the region that will provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care for patients with advanced and end‑stage lung diseases.

Clinic Operations

The clinic will be open every Tuesday from 14:00 to 16:00 hours at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad. It is jointly led by Dr. Govini Balasubramani, Director – Lung Transplant & Advanced Lung Failure at Gleneagles Hospital, Chennai (a Fortis Network Hospital), and Dr. Ravi Shekhar Jha, Director – Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad.

Services Offered

Patients attending the clinic will receive end‑to‑end management that includes:

  • Comprehensive disease evaluation and optimisation of medical therapy
  • Assessment of eligibility for lung transplantation with structured pre‑transplant counselling and detailed clinical work‑up
  • Post‑transplant follow‑up coordinated with transplant specialists
  • Advanced pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology procedures
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes, nutritional counselling and sleep evaluation
  • Non‑invasive ventilation support and personalised patient education

Rationale

Dr. Govini Balasubramani noted a steady rise in advanced lung disease cases driven by air pollution, tobacco exposure, occupational hazards, infections and an ageing population, leading many patients to present with severely deteriorated lung function. The clinic is intended to bridge this gap by delivering comprehensive evaluation, therapy optimisation, rehabilitation and timely transplant assessment.

Dr. Ravi Shekhar Jha added that pulmonologists are encountering more patients with severe respiratory impairment at stages where treatment options are limited, and the clinic aims to provide timely multidisciplinary expertise, personalised treatment plans and early identification of transplant‑eligible patients before contraindications develop.

Expected Impact

By integrating respiratory physicians, transplant specialists, rehabilitation experts and allied health professionals, the clinic seeks to improve clinical outcomes, enhance quality of life and ensure continuity of care for individuals living with advanced respiratory diseases in Faridabad and surrounding areas.