Your visit to Sunshine Coast Day Surgery
Practical information for a colonoscopy in Maroochydore, including who to contact, what to prepare and how to get home safely. Procedure lists start on 18 January 2027.
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Sunshine Coast Day Surgery
Sunshine Coast Day Surgery is on the corner of Second Avenue and Memorial Avenue, Maroochydore QLD 4558. It is an accredited day hospital with two operating theatres and a procedure room, and part of Cura Day Hospitals Group. It is where Dr Goutham performs Sunshine Coast colonoscopy, including polyp removal.
Sunshine Coast Day Surgery and Colonoscopy Brisbane are separate organisations. Colonoscopy Brisbane handles your referral, booking, fees, preparation instructions and results. The hospital handles your admission, nursing care and discharge on the day.
Dr Goutham operates there as a visiting specialist. Your procedure is performed personally by him, never delegated. If you need a consultation first, it is by telehealth, so you only travel to Maroochydore for the procedure.
Before your admission
Your bowel preparation, fasting and medicine instructions are written for your procedure and health history. They may include specific advice about blood thinners, diabetes treatment or weight-management injections.
Do not stop or change a prescribed medicine unless the instructions or Dr Goutham’s team tell you to. If anything is missing, unclear or conflicts with other medical advice, call Colonoscopy Brisbane before you start the preparation.
Sunshine Coast Day Surgery has its own admission form, separate from your registration with Colonoscopy Brisbane. Complete it when you are directed to for your confirmed booking. Completing it does not book a procedure.
For background, read how bowel preparation works. Your own instructions take priority.
Check these details before procedure day
Your admission instructions and the hospital’s directions give you each answer. If they do not, call the hospital on (07) 5294 6516.
Time and entrance
Check your arrival time, which entrance to use and where to report. Allow extra time if you do not know the area.
Parking and drop-off
Use the directions supplied with your admission. The hospital can advise on parking and drop-off when you call.
Support you need
Tell the hospital in advance about mobility, communication or interpreter needs so they can be arranged.
Adult escort
An adult must collect you after sedation. Confirm who that is and who will stay with you afterwards.
What to bring
Your Medicare card, health-fund card if you have one, photo identification, your referral if you have not sent it, and an up-to-date medicines list.
If your health changes
Tell us if you become unwell, start a new medicine, may be pregnant or have another change that could affect preparation, sedation or the procedure.
Allow enough time
Admission and discharge times can move when another patient needs extra care. Keep the time advised by the hospital free and make sure your escort can do the same.
Going home safely
Sedation can affect judgement, coordination and memory for the rest of the day. Follow the written restrictions on driving, work, alcohol, supervision and important decisions.
The hospital’s patient information requires a responsible adult to take you home after sedation and stay with you for 24 hours. A taxi or rideshare on its own may not meet this. Your own admission instructions take priority.
Dr Goutham discusses the initial findings with you after the procedure, and the procedure report goes to your GP. If tissue or polyps go to pathology, we contact you and your GP once the result is back and confirm any surveillance plan.
Severe or worsening pain, heavy bleeding, fainting, breathing difficulty, chest pain or a marked deterioration after you leave needs urgent medical assessment. Call Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.
Read the post-procedure information for what is normal in the first days.
Hospital visit questions
When can I have my procedure here?
Yes. Lists at Sunshine Coast Day Surgery start on 18 January 2027. Book online, enquire, or ask your GP to send a referral.
Is this Sunshine Coast University Hospital?
No. Sunshine Coast Day Surgery is a private day hospital in Maroochydore. Check the full hospital name on every booking document.
Can I drive myself home?
No. After sedation you cannot drive, and an adult needs to take you home. Your admission instructions give the exact no-driving period.
Where should I park?
Follow the directions supplied by Sunshine Coast Day Surgery with your admission, or call the hospital on (07) 5294 6516 for parking and drop-off advice.
Who do I call about bowel preparation?
Colonoscopy Brisbane on 07 3733 1551. The hospital number is for admission and facility matters.
Who will give me the pathology result?
Dr Goutham reviews every pathology result. Colonoscopy Brisbane contacts you and sends the result and recommendation to your GP.
Questions before your visit?
Call Colonoscopy Brisbane about referrals, lists, preparation, fees or results. Call Sunshine Coast Day Surgery for admission and facility questions.
Lists at this venue start on 18 January 2027. A valid GP referral is needed before your procedure.
Last medically reviewed by Dr Goutham Sivasuthan, Specialist Endoscopic Surgeon — October 2026