New Delhi: Pollution has created havoc in Delhi-NCR. AQI has reached around 500. Due to this, people's breath has become filled with smoke. Apart from difficulty in breathing, people have also started feeling irritation in their eyes. However, Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital has taken effective steps for diseases caused by pollution. A special clinic has been started in RML for pollution-related diseases. Patients will be able to come to this clinic opened in the name of Pollution-related Disease Prevention Center once a week on Monday. This clinic will run from 2 pm to 4 pm in OPD room number 1 to 5 located on the ground floor of the hospital. Here, not only will the patients get treatment, but they will also be given information about how to take care of themselves in pollution.

Special clinic for pollution

Regarding this, Dr. Amit Suri, HOD and clinic in-charge of Respiratory Medicine Department of RML Hospital said that RML is the first hospital in Delhi where a special clinic is being run regarding pollution. Patients who fall ill due to pollution can come here for treatment. People who are already suffering from breathing problems, asthma, lungs, or any other respiratory disease, and their disease has increased due to pollution can also come to this clinic. He further said that doctors from 5 departments will sit. Usually, diseases related to these are caused by pollution. If a patient is found to have diabetes, hypertension, or any other disease apart from these, then the doctor related to that disease will be called immediately.

Doctors from these 5 departments will sit

1. Respiratory

2. Skin Specialist

3. Eye Specialist

4. ENT

5. Psychiatrist

The facility of medicine also

The purpose of starting this clinic is that all the problems arising due to pollution should be treated by experts in one place. Apart from this, all the medicines prescribed will be available from the free pharmacy of the hospital. There is a plan to run this clinic as long as the pollution level in Delhi remains the same.

How to avoid pollution

1. Avoid going out, especially in the morning and evening
2. Use N95 or N99 mask
3. Eat nutritious food and drink more water
4. If you have difficulty in breathing, contact a doctor immediately
5. Install air purifiers with HEPA filters in the house