Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute is a Postgraduate Medical Institute located in New Delhi and is supported by the University of Delhi. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Government of India takes care of its endowment. It has been categorized as one of the constituent college of the University. The study and training of the students emphasizes chest diseases. The institute also provides services to people suffering from chest diseases. The institute is maintained under the statute of the University.

Institute, today, fulfills the national need to provide medical education in field of chest diseases and relief to large number of patients in the community suffering from chest diseases. Postgraduates are trained in pulmonary medicine and allied subjects in the institute. Research and new diagnostic technologies are developed. The institution provides the infrastructure for specialized clinical and investigative services to patients.[10][11] The institute has also played a role in conducting investigations for the pandemic influenza H1N1 virus.

The main objectives of VPCI are to conduct research in basic and clinical aspects of chest diseases, to train post graduates in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and allied disciplines, to develop new diagnostic technologies and disseminate scientific knowledge related to these areas to personnel of other institutions in the country and to provide specialized investigative and management services to patients.

The major goal of the institute is to provide a compassionate professional environment to make students feel comfortable and to stimulate and coordinate the institutional resources of the college and to challenge faculties and students of the institute. Institute s hallmark is considered as a superior postgraduate experience and excellent teaching.

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