The Department of Pulmonary Diseases is an organisational part of the Clinical Department of Internal Medicine of the UKC Maribor. The department is located on Slivniška Pohorje, along the road that leads from Hoč to Areh. The Department of Pulmonary Diseases is currently located in a building that is urgently in need of thorough renovation, and maintenance and additional costs due to dislocation are constantly increasing. Due to the measures imposed by the competent inspection services, the treatment plant had to be rehabilitated in 2018 and investment in the boiler room is also necessary. The work of the Department of Pulmonary Diseases at a dislocated location is increasingly stressful, especially in terms of ensuring safe treatment of patients and carrying out invasive diagnostics, with current equipment and personnel.