Endoscopy outpatients and medical day stay — Hutt Hospital

To contact the endoscopy department:

• for general enquiries call 04 570 9158
• for booking information call 04 570 9191

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).

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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).