According to Riyadh Health Affairs, the upper GI endoscopy procedure has been launched at Afif Hospital to examine esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and lower GI endoscopy by a specialized cadre in this field. It noted that 25 patients benefited from the GI endoscopy procedure and 112 from the liver and digestive tract clinic.
This step aims at reducing the rates of routine medical referrals, by serving patients in the hospital, and receiving routine referrals from nearby hospitals, it added.