SCB Medical College To Offer Course on Respiratory Therapy

"While the basic qualification for pursuing the certificate course on Respiratory Therapy is Plus Two Science pass, nurses having requisite qualification too can get enrolled in it. It has also been planned to offer a three-year-degree course in Respiratory Therapy," Head of Pulmonary Medicine department Prof Manoranjan Patnaik told The New Indian Express

The concept of the course has been derived from the United States of America where ICUs and ventilators are managed by respiratory therapists. The course will help nurses in monitoring patients, ICUs and ventilators and play a vital role in treatment of Covid patients.

"Apart from the course curriculum, training will be imparted on different diagnostic techniques like bronchoscopy, thoracoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and pulmonary function test (PFT) procedures," Prof Patnaik said.

SCB as the nodal centre for post-Covid management, high quality health rehabilitation services are being provided by the CoE. "It is the first in Eastern India to have an EBUS machine with radial probe facility which has been operating since June and helps in diagnosing lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases," Prof Patnaik informed.

A degree course in respiratory therapy is also expected to be launched soon.