Endoscopy outpatients and medical day stay — Hutt Hospital
The endoscopy service at Hutt Hospital uses a camera to investigate the cause of pain and other issues with your digestive system.
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Contact us
To contact the endoscopy department:
- for general enquiries call 04 570 9158
- for booking information call 04 570 9191
Where to find us
The endoscopy department is at:
Theatre and Emergency Department Building — Ground Floor
Hutt Hospital
638 High Street
Boulcott
Lower Hutt 5010
Opening hours: 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
Services we provide
The endoscopy and medical day stay department provides:
- extensive services, including diagnostic examination procedures and treatments
- outpatient clinics
- intravenous infusions, such as iron and blood transfusions
- specialised medications for patients with long-term conditions.
Services we provide include:
- intravenous infusions
- colonoscopy — to look at your colon (large bowel)
- gastroscopy — to look at the upper part of your digestive system
- flexible sigmoidoscopy — to look at the lining of your anus, rectum and lower part of the colon (large bowel)
- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography — to look at the ducts or 'drainage tubes' of your gallbladder, pancreas and liver
- bronchoscopy — to look at your voice box, throat and air passages inside the lungs
- camera capsule endoscopy — to look at your small intestine
- bravo pH tests — to monitor how often and for how long your stomach aced comes up (gastro-oesophageal reflux) during a normal day
- trans-oesophageal echocardiography — to look at and take photos of the structures of your heart and aorta, through the oesophagus (throat).