We specialise in diagnosing and treating patients with airway and lung disorders, from common breathing difficulties to complex lung disorders. This includes asthma, lung tumour, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pleural diseases, pulmonary infections, occupational lung disease, sleep- breathing disorders and chronic cough.
We provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment service for patients with wide spectrum of condition including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic cough, pleural disease, bronchiectasis, pulmonary infection, interstitial lung disease, sleep-breathing disorder and lung nodule evaluation. We have also been caring for patients with critical care illness for more than three decades.
We also run specialised patient-centred services using a multidisciplinary approach such as smoking cessation service, pulmonary rehabilitation program, and integrated sleep service. Our National Tuberculosis Care Centre (NTBCC) is also the national referral center for Tuberculosis evaluation and treatment.
The Respiratory Function and Sleep Laboratory uses state of the art facilities to evaluate pulmonary functions, cardiopulmonary exercise physiology testing, and comprehensive overnight sleep studies accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.
We have specialised service in these following areas:
Asthma and Severe Asthma Clinic
- Provides care and education on diseases, medication and self-management of asthma.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinic
- Evaluation for lung function testing, long-term oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.
Lung Nodule Clinic
- A one-stop evaluation for patients with or suspected to have lung cancer.
Combined Sleep/Snoring Clinic
- Evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders.
Occupational Lung Clinic
- Evaluation of asthma and other suspected lung disorders related to work environment.
Bronchiectasis Clinic
- Evaluation, treatment and care for patients with bronchiectasis.
Non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) Clinic
- Evaluation, treatment and care for patients with NTM pulmonary disease.
Pleural Clinic
- Evaluation, treatment and care for patients with pleural disease.
Interventional Pulmonology
- Diagnostic bronchoscopy
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Transbronchial lung biopsy under fluoroscopy
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy (Linear and Radial)
- Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
- Interventional/therapeutic bronchoscopy
- Laser therapy
- Electrocautery
- Airway stenting
- Removal of foreign bodies
- Dilatation of stenosis/strictures
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Indwelling pleural catheters
National Tuberculosis Care Centre (NTBCC)
The National Tuberculosis Care Centre (NTBCC) functions as the national referral centre for TB evaluation and treatment, for the tracing of patients who are lost to follow-up, and for the management of complicated or drug-resistant TB patients. It manages 80% of the country's TB cases, the vast majority of which are treated under Directly Observed Therapy (DOT). Another major function of the NTBCC is the screening of close contacts in households, workplaces and congregate settings (such as schools and prisons) for active and latent TB, and provision of preventive therapy for contacts found to have latent TB infection.
Other services
- Intensive care medicine
- Non-invasive ventilation
- Lung function testing
- Smoking cessation
