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Southern Cross New Plymouth Hospital - Gastroenterology
Private Surgical Service, Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Liver)
This is where you will come to have your surgery performed. The visits to your surgeon before and after surgery will be at their consulting rooms.
Description
Established in 1983, and the only private surgical hospital in the city, our hospital provides services to around 5500 patients each year.
A programme of extensive modernisation and facility upgrades has enabled the hospital to offer a wide range of services to patients in the wider Taranaki region. The hospital features advanced theatres and comfortable patient facilities, and currently has 37 inpatient beds, and a day-stay facility that caters for 10 patients at any time.
Consultants
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Dr Tom Boswell
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Ricardo Jurawan
Gastroenterologist
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Dr Campbell White
Gastroenterologist
Procedures / Treatments
A long, narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (colonoscope) is inserted into your anus and then moved along the entire colon. This allows the surgeon a view of the lining of the colon. Sometimes a biopsy (small piece of tissue) will be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory. Polyps (small growths of tissue projecting into the bowel) may be removed during a colonoscopy.
A long, narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (colonoscope) is inserted into your anus and then moved along the entire colon. This allows the surgeon a view of the lining of the colon. Sometimes a biopsy (small piece of tissue) will be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory. Polyps (small growths of tissue projecting into the bowel) may be removed during a colonoscopy.
A long, narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (colonoscope) is inserted into your anus and then moved along the entire colon. This allows the surgeon a view of the lining of the colon. Sometimes a biopsy (small piece of tissue) will be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory. Polyps (small growths of tissue projecting into the bowel) may be removed during a colonoscopy.
A long, flexible tube with a tiny camera attached (gastroscope) is inserted through your mouth and moved down your digestive tract. This allows the surgeon a view of the upper part of your digestive tract i.e. oesophagus (food pipe), stomach and duodenum (top section of the small intestine). Sometimes a biopsy (small tissue sample) will need to be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory.
A long, flexible tube with a tiny camera attached (gastroscope) is inserted through your mouth and moved down your digestive tract. This allows the surgeon a view of the upper part of your digestive tract i.e. oesophagus (food pipe), stomach and duodenum (top section of the small intestine). Sometimes a biopsy (small tissue sample) will need to be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory.
A long, flexible tube with a tiny camera attached (gastroscope) is inserted through your mouth and moved down your digestive tract. This allows the surgeon a view of the upper part of your digestive tract i.e. oesophagus (food pipe), stomach and duodenum (top section of the small intestine). Sometimes a biopsy (small tissue sample) will need to be taken during the procedure for later examination at a laboratory.
Visiting Hours
Weekdays 10:00 to 20:00
Weekends 10:00 to 20:00
Public Transport
The Taranaki Regional Council provides good public transport information. See here
Parking
Over 30 parking spaces are provided for patients and visitors.
Pharmacy
Contact Details
Southern Cross New Plymouth Hospital
Taranaki
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Phone
(06) 759 4820
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Fax
(06) 758 0295
Email
Website
205 St Aubyn Street
New Plymouth
Taranaki 4310
Street Address
205 St Aubyn Street
New Plymouth
Taranaki 4310
Postal Address
PO Box 979
Taranaki Mail Centre
New Plymouth 4340
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This page was last updated at 11:56AM on April 9, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Southern Cross New Plymouth Hospital - Gastroenterology.