The Institute of Medical Gastroenterology at Calvary Temple Hospitals is dedicated to excellence in patient care, advancement in research and innovation and a holistic approach to healthcare. The institute provides patients advanced care in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal system. Medical gastroenterology primarily involves the diagnosis and management of patients using medicines and minimally invasive interventions. Medical gastroenterology is often considered a less specialised area, but has the opportunity to develop a subspecialty in liver disease, dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease, functional disturbances of the gut, cancer and endoscopy. The institute has the complete range of the latest endoscopic facilities, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) and allied interventions. Calvary Temple Hospitals offers round-the-clock service in gastrointestinal emergencies like vomiting of blood, foreign body ingestion and hepatic coma.
Gastroenterology essentially addresses diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and liver. The functioning of the entire digestive system, both related to the passage of food through the digestive canal to the physiological processes of food digestion, absorption and elimination come under the purview of this specialty.
Highlights
- The latest Endoscopic procedures are done for gastrointestinal bleed, gastrointestinal cancers, foreign body removal etc. Endosonography and Capsule Endoscopy are available too.
- The Gastrointestinal surgeons manage major treatments related to gastrointestinal surgical problems of the intestines, pancreas and hepatobiliary tract [liver and gallbladder] including cancers, many of them through Minimal Access surgery.
- programme is well known for its highly successful adult and pediatric Liver Transplant programmes and cutting edge hepatobiliary procedures. Disorders of the pancreas as well as pancreatic and intestinal transplants are also performed.