The department undertakes prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Respiratory diseases in children, adolescents, and adults. Comprehensive Respiratory medicine programmes include specialized treatment of specific diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, sleep-disordered breathing, interstitial lung diseases, cystic fibrosis, occupational lung diseases, pulmonary rehabilitation, tuberculosis, lung cancers and dedicated smoking cessation programme. The department is fully equipped with modern diagnostic instruments.