Gulab Devi Chest Hospital was established in 1934 by Lala Lajpat Rai (social worker) in the memory of his mother, Gulab Devi, who died due to tuberculosis in 1927. Gulab Devi Teaching Hospital is 1500 bed Teaching Hospital attached to Al-Aleem Medical College, Lahore. It was initially developed to cater patients with tuberculosis only but now it has evolved to be one of the largest in Asia catering all types of pulmonology patients.
Pulmonology Department here is very comprehensive. It has its own separate OPD that caters up to 20,000 on an average in a month, 551 beds for in-door patients for post graduate MCPS,FCPS,DTCD training, with exclusive sixty beds dedicated for teaching undergraduate students. There is a separate isolation ward for MDR TB patients comprising of 12 beds, state of the art medical ICU, high dependency units in every pulmo unit and procedure room for procedures like chest ultrasound, pleural aspiration, tube thoracostomy and pleural biopsy. We have an elaborate bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy suite in which we conduct bronchial washings and end bronchial biopsies and pleuroscopies. Our spirometry technician perform several spirometries in a day with our latest spirometer. We deal with patients of respiratory failure so we provide non-invasive ventilatory support to these patients as well as having close liaison with ICU. We also run TB DOTS and D, R TB clinic in collaboration with NTP program, which cater more than 2000 TB patients.
To provide high standard according to latest guidelines compassionate and cost effective care for all pulmonary patients irrespective of their financial status with a special focus on management of Tuberculosis.
Moreover, we believe that utmost importance should be given to patient’s safety, security and comfort and this can only be done by adopting a patient-centered approach. Our institution intends to provide a platform for our staff members where they can constantly improve their knowledge by keeping them updated about the current practices and the latest advancements in the world of Medicine.
To become the state of art pulmonary care center of choice for the patients and best training center for under graduate & post graduates students. We are constantly striving to improve in, not only clinical and surgical procedures but at the same time be a front runner in research, innovation and education. Our prime focus is to cater to the needs of the entire community especially the underprivileged through incomparable care and wellness programs. We are constantly striving to develop a modern, well equipped, up-to-date pulmonology units implementing the latest management modalities available worldwide. We want to expand and extend our ICU, interventional Pulmonology unit interventional radiology unit with backup of state of the art chest surgery unit to cater the need of pulmonology patients of whole country. To train physicians and pulmonary care staff for achieving the departmental goals. To maintain high standards of pulmonary care with a commitment to serve beyond patients expectations. To apply firm knowledge and use key skills in reaching the correct diagnosis with the commencement of best possible management. To promote pulmonary health in our community with a special focus on smoking cessation.
Main Ferozepur Road, Opposite Arfa Kareem Tower,
Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
+92-42-99230247-05
info@gulabdevi.org