Dr. Col V P Gopinathan, for the Pulmonology Club, Trichur, India, announced they formed a new club on 16 January 2010.
Forty-four patients joined the doctor supported, patient support and educational group.
Included in the program were a demonstration of pulmonary devices and a discussion of the airway diseases shown in the available brochures handed out to the members.

The newly formed Pulmonary Club proposes to hold meetings bimonthly on the first Sunday and to increase membership. India’s medical students are actively involved and office bearers include patients.
India’s Pulmonary Physicians have a good start in their quest to control the growing airway menace, including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) menace.

As a lung patient (COPD and Sarcoidosis) living in the Pulmonary Desert of No Physician Patient COPD Club in Kitsap County, Washington, sincere congratulations to Dr. Col C P Gopinathan and Associates for their newly formed Pulmonology Club, Trichur, India.

More later… Sharon O’Hara