Gastroenterology
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Address:
| 16 Park Street, EAST GEELONG | |
Telephone:
| 5226 7111 |
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| Service Description: |
OUT-PATIENT SERVICES
Outpatient consultation for private and public patients is through the shared gastroenterology practice off site, located at 16 Park Street, EAST GEELONG. Outpatient Hepatitis C Clinic instituting up-to-date anti-viral therapy.
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IN-PATIENT SERVICES
Inpatient care for patients with gastrointestinal disease. Extensive inpatient consultation service for referrals from other medical and surgical units. A busy haematemesis and melaena unit with 24 hour, seven day per week cover. A busy day stay edoscopy service for diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP. Rostered Liver Biopsy service. Fortnightly gastrointestinal radiology meeting alternating with histo-pathological sessions. Nutritional support service with involvement in the TPN protocol, naso-jejunal tube insertion and a service for PEG insertion, follow up and management of complications.
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OTHER SERVICES
Extensive medical student tutorial sessions, gastroenterology revision courses and presentations at clinical meetings.
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| | Date Updated: | 3/20/2008 |
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