This is the moment a doctor performs an endoscopy on himself in India.

Dr Nitin Joshi of Galaxy hospitals in Nanded, Maharashtra, filmed himself inserting the 120 cm and 9.2 mm diameter tube.

As the tube went down his food pipe, stomach and part of the small intestine, he coughed and choked repeatedly.

It took four attempts to finish the procedure on himself, which he performed standing in front of a monitor.

Dr Joshi gets patients from the villages, who fear the tube going down their body and refuse the procedure which can help diagnose health issues.

Dr Joshi performed the procedure on himself to demonstrate that it was safe.

“Twenty patients, who had been refusing endoscopy for the last two years, agreed to carry on with the procedure after seeing my video,” adds Dr Joshi.

Though it does not involve any incision, endoscopy test is considered a surgical procedure and stomach and with the help of anaesthetics.

This is the moment a doctor performs an endoscopy on himself in India.

Dr Nitin Joshi of Galaxy hospitals in Nanded, Maharashtra, filmed himself inserting the 120 cm and 9.2 mm diameter tube.

As the tube went down his food pipe, stomach and part of the small intestine, he coughed and choked repeatedly.

It took four attempts to finish the procedure on himself, which he performed standing before a monitor.

Dr Joshi gets patients from the villages, many of who fear the tube going down their body and refuse the procedure which can help diagnose their problems.

To convince them Dr Joshi says he performed the procedure on himself to demonstrate that it was safe.

“Twenty patients, who had been refusing endoscopy for the last two years, agreed for the procedure after seeing my video,” adds Dr Joshi.

Though it does not involve any incision, endoscopy test is considered a surgical procedure and is sometimes performed with the help of anesthetics.