Consultation services are provided to all departments of the Queen Mary Hospital. The Division is the leading referral centre for gastroenterological and hepatological problems in Hong Kong, and frequently receives consultations from overseas centres. The outpatient service includes the Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinic, and the Hepatitis Clinic run by the Division, as well as the Combined Gastrointestinal.
Clinic run jointly by physicians and surgeons.
These clinics are housed at the Sai Ying Pun Polyclinic. In 1994, the Division treated 458 new cases and 3764 follow-up cases at the Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinic. The annual number of patients seen in the Hepatitis Clinic increased from 1145 in 1985 to 3162 in 1994. Documented peptic ulcer patients are seen at the Peptic Ulcer Clinic at the Queen Mary Hospital. The annual number of patients seen increased from 2175 in 1985 to 2879 in 1994.