Discharge

Discharge from hospital

The date of discharge is decided by the doctor. The Care Service Manager will organise your departure: home, to a rehabilitation centre, etc., and the means of transport best suited to your state of health. A copy of the information concerning the elements useful for the continuity of care (prescriptions, reports, possible examinations...) is given to you, either directly, or to the doctor you have designated. On the day of your discharge, you or a member of your family must go to the discharge office to complete the following administrative formalities:

Check and, if necessary, complete your administrative file.
Pay any hospitalisation costs you are responsible for. You will be given a receipted invoice.
Collect the hospitalisation forms specifying the length of your stay. These will be sent to your employer and your health insurance fund.

Please note: if you are a minor or a protected adult, you may only leave the hospital in the presence of a parent or guardian.

Discharge against medical advice

If you decide to leave against medical advice, you are taking a risk to your health. You must therefore sign a discharge form stating that you are aware of the dangers of this premature discharge.

Assessing your satisfaction

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the quality of the service we provide, we encourage you to fill in the satisfaction questionnaire given to you on admission. This should be given to the department manager or placed in the box at reception. In addition, the Ministry of Health requires health establishments to measure the satisfaction of hospitalised patients. As part of this, you may be invited by e-mail to complete an online questionnaire once you have returned home.

Discharge from the outpatient department

After the operation or examination

On leaving the recovery room, you will be taken back to your room, where you will be served a snack.

To facilitate the rest and comfort of patients who have just undergone outpatient surgery, it is requested that the number of accompanying persons be limited to one.

After the operation or examination, it is essential :

only leave the clinic with the authorisation of the anaesthetist or surgeon.
to read the post-operative recommendations on the discharge form given to you by the ward nurse on your departure.
to be accompanied by a responsible adult for a safe return home.

The medical and nursing team reserves the right, depending on your state of health or your discharge time from the operating theatre, to keep you in hospital. The time of discharge is decided by the anaesthetist and/or surgeon who attended you. The anaesthetist will give you the necessary prescriptions for your return home and will explain the post-operative follow-up procedures, in collaboration with your GP.

Precautions to take during the first 24 hours after the operation

Do not drive.
Eat only a light meal without alcoholic beverages.
Do not use any potentially dangerous equipment.
Do not make any important decisions, as you may become less alert without realising it.
Do not take alcohol or other drugs.
Only take the medicines prescribed on the enclosed prescription.
Arrange for someone to accompany you.
In the case of minors, the accompanying person must not be the same person who drives the vehicle.

Next-day call

On the following day, you will be contacted by a care professional from the outpatient department or Fast-Tracking to check your state of health and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.