Admission and day admission

Prior to your admission, the Admissions Office informed you about the date and time of the admission and operation. If there is a change in the time that you will be operated, the Admissions Office will contact you again one day in advance.

Usually, patients are given a tablet prior to surgery to reduce nervousness: premedication. In the case of an operation in day admission, this is only given in exceptional cases. Otherwise, due to the long-term effect of the premedication, you might have to stay in the hospital unnecessarily long after surgery to wake up sufficiently.

After the operation, you will go to the recovery room like any other patient, even if you have not had a general anaesthetic. When you have recovered sufficiently, you will return to the nursing ward.

After the operation, we will check whether you need painkillers and if so, in what dosage. The purpose of painkillers is that you can endure the pain well. After the operation, the wound will often continue to pull and 'nag'. This cannot be avoided entirely. Since there are no devices to measure the pain, we rely on your judgment.

As soon as the surgeon and anesthesiologist find this justified, you can go home after the operation. The anaesthesiologists use the following criteria:

• If you have been under general anesthesia, you must be fully awake again;
• If you have had a local anaesthetic (arm anaesthetic, epidural), it should be completely worn off;
• You must have urinated again after the anesthetic;
• You must have drunk and eaten something again without feeling nauseous;
• The pain relief must be properly adjusted;
• You need to be accompanied by someone all the way home;
• You are not allowed to drive any means of transport for the first 24 hours;
• You should exercise restraint in the consumption of alcohol for the first 24 hours.

If problems occurred during or after your operation, you may have to stay in the hospital for at least 1 night. This is for your own safety.

Given the confidential nature of patient data, we are not allowed to provide information to everyone. We therefore ask our patients to appoint a contact person. This person can make enquiries from our medical and nursing staff and keep other family members and friends informed.