Hospital gets spirometer

The company also contributed a Spirometer to the Thoracic Department Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Dr Wahid Mohammed, first line sales manager at Astra Zena, said Pulmonary Function Tests (PTS) are a group of tests that allow specific measurements of the volume capacity of the lungs.

A spirometer is a device that measures the amount of air that one is able to inhale and exhale. The spirometer is used by medical practitioners treating suspicious respiratory disease, to confirm diagnosis, to assess the severity of diagnosed respiratory disease and to certify the fitness for surgery or for special treatments.