LUCKNOW, Oct. 6 -- The King George's Medical University's (KGMU) respiratory medicine department has launched an innovative initiative for patients with persistent cough. It's the country's first cough clinic, launched in collaboration with the Association of Physicians of India (API).

MBBS doctors will mandatorily need to attend training sessions which commenced on Monday, said KK Singh, media cell in-charge, KGMU. He further said the cough clinic aims to equip doctors with a simple and scientific approach to evaluating and treating cough. Doctors will receive case-based training, focusing on identifying cough, diagnosing it based on its sound, and treating it according to symptoms.

The initiative is part of a scientific and academic c...