Colonoscopy in Delhi

A colonoscopy lets your doctor examine the whole of your large bowel using a thin, flexible camera — and, uniquely, remove any pre-cancerous growths in the same sitting. That makes it both the most accurate way to investigate lower-bowel symptoms and the single best test for bowel-cancer screening. At Sama Hospital’s gastroenterology unit — a NABH-accredited, doctor-owned hospital in South Delhi — it is a routine, same-day procedure.

A colonoscope — a thin, flexible tube with a camera — is passed gently through the back passage to view the entire large bowel. Your doctor can remove polyps (small growths) and take painless biopsies during the same procedure, so investigation and treatment often happen together.

• A change in bowel habit, or bleeding from the back passage
• Persistent diarrhoea, abdominal pain or unexplained anaemia
• A family history of bowel cancer, or routine screening from a certain age
• To diagnose and monitor inflammatory bowel disease

The preparation is the part most people find least pleasant — but it matters, because the bowel has to be clean for the doctor to see clearly. It involves a special cleansing drink and a clear-liquid diet the day before, which causes frequent loose motions for a few hours. We give you clear, step-by-step instructions, and the test itself is far easier than the prep.

Sedation is usually given, so most people are relaxed and remember little of it. It isn’t generally painful, though you may feel some bloating from the air used to open up the bowel, which settles quickly. The test usually takes twenty to thirty minutes and is done as day care.

Most bowel cancers grow from polyps over several years. Because a colonoscopy can find and remove those polyps in one sitting, it is one of the few tests that can actually prevent a cancer rather than just detect it. That is why screening from the recommended age is so worthwhile.

What moves the figure: whether it is diagnostic only or includes polyp removal or biopsy, and the type of sedation.

We quote an all-inclusive package once the procedure is confirmed, with cashless treatment available for eligible insurance patients. See our cost estimate page.

Doctor-owned, NABH-accredited, in South Delhi since 1982, with an experienced gastroenterologist named on this page. Our colonoscopy service is a routine, well-equipped, same-day procedure — explained clearly and done comfortably.

A test using a thin, flexible camera passed through the back passage to examine the whole large bowel, remove polyps and take biopsies in the same sitting. It is both the most accurate lower-bowel investigation and the best bowel-cancer screening test.

For a change in bowel habit, rectal bleeding, persistent diarrhoea, abdominal pain, anaemia, a family history of bowel cancer, screening, or to diagnose and monitor inflammatory bowel disease.

The prep is the least pleasant part but very important — a cleansing drink and clear-liquid diet the day before. The test itself is far easier than the preparation.

Sedation is usually given, so most people are comfortable and remember little. It isn’t generally painful, though mild bloating is common afterwards and settles quickly. It takes about twenty to thirty minutes.

Most bowel cancers grow from polyps over years. A colonoscopy finds and removes polyps in the same sitting, before they become cancer — so it can prevent cancer, not just detect it.