Medical Gastroenterology

This Department of Medical Gastroenterology deals with diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal systems. A team of experienced gastroenterologists and well trained technicians provide astute care and service to patients experiencing chronic and acute disorders of the gastrointestinal tract with special focus on hepatic, pancreatic and biliary Diseases.

Advanced gastroenterology & therapeutic endoscopy at Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai involves diverse specialities for the evaluation and treatment of digestive diseases. Treatment is specialized and covers all conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, even helping with early detection and preventing chronic conditions. Various Endoscopic procedures are performed including upper GI endoscopy, side viewing endoscopy, enteroscopy-intra operative, lapro endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP and therapeutic endoscopy. The endoscopy unit is furnished with ICU settings and consists of 2 endoscopy suites, 2 post procedure recovery suites and 2 examination suites.

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Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai: 04822-269500/ 269700/ 359900

A few common conditions dealt by our medical gastroenterology department are variceal bleeding, gastric varices , ulcer bleed, mallory weiss tears, foreign body – extraction, corrosive/peptic stricture, achalasia cardia, carcinoma oesophagus/ GE junction, pyloric stenosis, gastric polyps, early gastric/oesophageal cancer, colonic polyps, carcinoma colon, therapeutic ERCP procedures, bile duct stones, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocyst etc. Various other gastrointestinal diseases taken care of at Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai include: mal-absorption syndrome, gastrointestinal bleeding, irritable bowel diseases, constipation, diarrhea and peptic ulcer. Our medical gastroenterologists work in close association with surgical gastroenterologists in an effort to provide an all encompassing care to our patients.