[1] The SDS TRC AND RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF CHEST DISEASES is housed on a sprawling campus near Hosur road in Bengaluru.

It is located adjoining the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health and the NIMHANS campus.

Of special importance attributed to the hospital is its treatment of tuberculosis which is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the region.

Specialised treatment of tuberculosis and its varied complications are dealt with medically and if be need surgically yet being very cost effective.

Undergraduate students in the MBBS and Respiratory therapy, course and post graduate students from the medicine, surgery and allied departments are posted on rotation basis for a definite period for gaining clinical and surgical experience in identifying, treating and following up pulmonary disease.