{"id":18194,"date":"2020-07-30T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/?page_id=18194"},"modified":"2020-11-26T06:06:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:06:53","slug":"paediatric-pulmonology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lrh.health.gov.lk\/departments4\/specialist-services-2\/paediatric-pulmonology\/","title":{"rendered":"Paediatric Pulmonology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paediatric Pulmonology Unit which provides specialized services to address childhood respiratory issues is one of the latest services added to the wide spectrum of services provided by the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo. The main objective of this unit is to establish state of the art in providing a holistic care to manage respiratory health and ill-health in neonates, infants, children and young people of Sri Lanka and make them breathe comfortably.<\/p>\n

Although this is a novel unit, the services provided are rapidly expanding at the moment according to the demand. There are many more services in the pipeline which will be added in future alongside the acquisition of more human and physical resources. Some of them are new pulmonary functions tests including nasal and exhaled Nitric Oxide assessment, sleep studies, expanded provision of longterm respiratory support, allergy testing and advanced pulmonary rehabilitation with the use of state of the art equipments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\nMeet the Team <\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. Channa de Silva<\/strong>
\nConsultant Paediatric Pulmonologist<\/p>\n

Dr. Ganganath Gunathilaka<\/strong>
\nConsultant Paediatric Pulmonologist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Pediatric Chest Clinic is dedicated to arrange long term management and follow up of children with chronic respiratory disorders. Now the clinic reviews are done on appointment basis to provide an individualized care more effectively. An appointment can be obtained by contacting the published number of the unit for already registered patients and new patients who have an appropriate referral letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name of Consultant<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeciality<\/strong><\/td>\nWard<\/strong><\/td>\nClinic Room<\/strong><\/td>\nDay of the week<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Channa de Silva<\/td>\nConsultant Peadiatric Pulmonologist<\/td>\nPaediatric Pulmonology Unit<\/td>\n30<\/td>\nFriday
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30<\/td>\nSaturday
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Dr. Ganganath Gunathilaka<\/td>\nConsultant Peadiatric Pulmonologist<\/td>\nPaediatric Pulmonology Unit<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nTuesday
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\n\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\nConditions we treat<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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The main respiratory conditions out of a wide range which are managed at the Paediatric Pulmonology Unit and Paediatric Chest Clinic, LRH:<\/p>\n