“At Universal Gastroenterology, we aim to provide an empathetic and professional service. The first step is to carefully listen to what the patient has to say and to clarify their concerns. We aim to provide a comprehensive approach to investigation, diagnosis and treatment informed by evidence-based medicine.”
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Universal Gastroenterology provides gastroenterology and endoscopy services to bayside Melbourne. This includes Brighton, Brighton East, Hampton, Hampton East, Elwood, Sandringham, Beaumaris and Mentone. Dr Arun Gupta is a passionate gastroenterologist who is adept at sorting out clinical problems, from the most simple to the most complex. As such, he has a deep understanding of diagnosis and management of gut-related conditions.
Arun was born and raised in Melbourne, completing his undergraduate medical training at the University of Melbourne (class of 1998). He then worked at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville. Arun completed his specialty training at Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospitals in NSW, and at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK.
Dr Gupta consults at Holmesglen Private Hospital in Moorabbin, at 367 Warrigal Road Burwood and at The Bays in Mornington. See contact details.
A brief history of Brighton…
In England, on 29 August 1840, Henry Dendy purchased the land that is now Brighton, site unseen. Dendy arrived on 5 February 1841 to claim his land. Unfortunately, the land did not have any ready sources of water and Dendy’s scheme for land sales failed. Dendy died a pauper. Later, sales of land resulted in Brighton becoming the third most populated town in Port Phillip by 1846. Today, Brighton houses some of the wealthiest citizens in Melbourne with grand homes. Dendy Street Beach, just south of Middle Brighton, features 82 colourful bathing boxes, which are one of the tourist icons of Melbourne.
In the late 1840’s stately homes were built in an area known as ‘The Terrace’ now called the Esplanade overlooking Dendy Street Beach which at the time had few if any bathing boxes. Local residents included Henry Dendy, J.B. Were, J. Hawdon and H.B. Foot. Elsewhere, bathing boxes existed in Brighton as far back as 1862. Most of the bathing boxes were built on the waters edge at the end of Bay Street and between Park and Wellington Streets. Numbers are uncertain but the Borough, Town and then City of Brighton may have allocated between 100 and 200 sites before the Great Depression.