Privacy Policy

A Commitment to Patient Trust & Safety

At Delhi Lung & Bronchoscopy Center (under the clinical administration of Dr. Manish Aggarwal and registered healthcare practitioners), patient confidentiality is treated as a core medical standard. This Privacy Policy outlines how our clinical facilities, digital portals, and administrative desks collect, store, encrypt, and manage personal data, including highly critical **Personally Identifiable Information (PII)** and **Protected Health Information (PHI)**.

We comply strictly with India’s newly enacted Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and Section $43A$ of the Information Technology Act, 2000. By seeking clinical consultations, booking diagnostic tests, or undergoing in-lab polysomnography, you actively consent to the terms specified herein.

Data Categories We Process & Secure

To provide accurate diagnoses and custom therapeutic schedules, our clinical desk collects key data parameters across three distinct pipelines:

Utilization of Medical Data

Under no circumstances does Delhi Lung & Sleep Centre monetize, sell, lease, or license patient clinical records. All processed data is restricted strictly to support care delivery:

• •Calculating accurate spirometry scores and modeling tailored Asthma Action Plans.
• •Setting up and calibrating home sleep telemetry screens and titration devices.
• •Coordinating international air ambulance transfers through Aeromed International Rescue Services.
• •Fulfilling legal safety compliance standards established by the Delhi Medical Council and Indian health ministries.

Advanced Clinical Encryption Standards

Patient databases at Delhi Lung & Bronchoscopy Center are housed behind highly fortified clinical firewalls. Digital files are protected using $256$-bit Advanced Encryption Standards (AES-256) during resting database phases and Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) during transmission over online networks.

Administrative access is limited to verified personnel. We enforce the Principle of Least Privilege: only clinical staff directly participating in your treatment (such as Dr. Manish Aggarwal, assisting pulmonologists, or sleep lab technicians) have access authorization. Physical files kept on clinic premises are stored in highly monitored, secure rooms with active video surveillance.

Data Routing & Emergency Transit Compliance

Your medical files are shared with third parties only under strict legal boundaries:

• •Affiliated Laboratories: Samples routed to NABL-compliant processing centers are labeled with random patient index codes to preserve anonymity.
• •Emergency Evacuations: During critical air medical transit through Aeromed Rescue, vital chest and oxygen coordinates are shared securely with ground receiving clinics only.
• •Regulatory Mandate: Infectious disease statistics (such as Tuberculosis, COVID-19) are shared with Indian health authorities as legally mandated under national health surveillance laws.

DPDP Act & HIPAA Rights Portfolio

In accordance with local data laws, patients of Delhi Lung & Sleep Centre hold comprehensive rights over their data:

Document Maintenance Standards

To maintain high medical standards, we retain diagnostics records as required by Indian health laws:

All general medical consult histories, prescription records, and interventional report sheets are maintained on our clinical systems for a standard period of $3$ to $5$ years from the date of your last consultation. In specialized cases of progressive pulmonary illnesses (such as Interstitial Lung Disease or Pulmonary Fibrosis), files are held longer to support long-term tracking of lung metrics and prevent emergency relapses.