Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad, has launched the city’s first dedicated Lung Failure Clinic to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for patients suffering from advanced and end-stage lung diseases.

The clinic will operate every Tuesday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad. It will be led by Dr. Govini Balasubramani, Director – Lung Transplant & Advanced Lung Failure, Gleneagles Hospital, Chennai, a Fortis Network Hospital, along with Dr. Ravi Shekhar Jha, Director – Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad.

The newly launched clinic will provide end-to-end management for patients with advanced lung failure, covering comprehensive disease evaluation, optimisation of medical therapy and assessment for lung transplantation.

Patients who are eligible for transplantation will receive structured pre-transplant counselling, detailed clinical evaluation and work-up, along with seamless post-transplant follow-up in coordination with transplant specialists.

The clinic will also provide access to advanced pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology procedures, pulmonary rehabilitation, nutritional counselling, sleep evaluation, non-invasive ventilation support and personalised patient education. 

By bringing together respiratory physicians, transplant specialists, rehabilitation experts and allied healthcare professionals, the initiative aims to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life while ensuring continuity of care for patients with advanced respiratory diseases.

Dr. Govini Balasubramani, Director, Lung Transplant & Advanced Lung Failure, Gleneagles Hospital, Chennai (a Fortis Network Hospital), said, “We are witnessing a steady rise in patients with advanced lung diseases, driven by multiple factors. The Lung Failure Clinic has been established to bridge this gap by providing comprehensive evaluation, optimisation of medical therapy, pulmonary rehabilitation and, where appropriate, timely assessment for lung transplantation.”

Dr. Ravi Shekhar Jha, Director, Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad, said, “Through the Lung Failure Clinic, we aim to provide timely access to multidisciplinary expertise, personalised treatment plans and advanced therapies, while identifying patients who may benefit from lung transplantation before they become too sick or develop contraindications for transplant.”