School of Clinical Medicine

About Us

Clinical Activities


Gastroenterology services are coordinated and managed within the overall referral system through the District Hospitals throughout the Province to Regional and the Tertiary/Central Hospital Services. The Gastroenterology Department services primarily Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central and King Edward VIII Hospitals. Routine consultation for in-patient is provided at both hospitals. Gastroenterology procedures are provided in collaboration with the Department of Surgery within the Durban Functional Region. 

Out-Patient Service 


At a secondary level, a clinic is run on a weekly basis on a Monday mornings at King Edward VIII Hospital. A tertiary Gastroenterology/Hepatology clinic is held weekly on a Thursday morning at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. 


Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital 


The GI Unit at IALCH provides an endoscopic service to the following categories of patients: 

1. Patients referred to the GI clinic because of the complexity/severity etc of the underlying problem which needs a Gastroenterologist’s opinion.
2. Patients referred from other tertiary out-patient services at IALCH.
3. In-patients at IALCH who require urgent endoscopy.
4. Complex or technically difficult procedures which require a high degree of expertise and competence such as Endoscopic Retrograde
5. Cholangio-Pancreatography, Endoscopic ultrasound, oesophageal motility and 24hr pH manometry.
6. We additionally provide an 8-bedded in-patient facility.