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n. - A type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach.

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  • The tool is called a gastroscope and because of this, patients may have been exposed to blood-borne viruses, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.
  • GOLDBERG: Administrative Nurse Cindy Steckel says the nurse in question partially sterilized the gastroscope, but not completely.
  • Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.
  • On August 25, district surgeon Dr Wendy Orr - now on the TRC's reparations and rehabilitation committee - diagnosed weight loss and transferred him to Livingstone Hospital...
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