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(02) 9761 5300What to expect on the day of your procedure.
Find out morePre-admission is an important part of your day hospital care. Your specialist will explain your procedure and complete the consent form with you. If you have any questions about your planned day procedure admission, the completion of forms, costs or health insurance status, please contact our team who will be happy to assist you.
Week of surgery: If you are unwell, please contact the Day Hospital immediately.
As part of our ongoing response to managing COVID-19, please be aware the following will occur on arriving at the hospital.
To ensure we can confirm your admission, health insurance and other details/arrangements, we ask that you please complete either the online pre-admission form, or paper admission form at least 5 days before your admission.
If you would prefer not to complete the online form, you can send us the paper forms usually provided to you by your surgeon. If you don't have the paper forms please contact us before your admission date.
Please notify us if your weight is over 150kg prior to your admission as we will need to organise a pre-admission assessment.
If you have provide health insurance please contact your health fund to check your level of cover for hospital admission. Please ask these 5 questions:
If your procedure is subject to Work Cover or a Third Party Claim, please send full details of the claim to the hospital, including a letter from your insurance company accepting liability for your admission to hospital for the procedure.
After a general anaesthetic, you must have an escort to accompany you home and a responsible person must stay with you overnight. You must contact the day hospital at least two days prior to your admission to discuss your discharge plan with one of our Registered Nurses, then we can assess your scenario and liaise with your specialist/anaesthetist and they can assist with discharge planning. If you do not have an escort or overnight carer then your procedure may be cancelled
Arrange 2 escorts. If driving home, you must arrange for a child under 10 years old to have two responsible people present in the vehicle (a driver and a carer).
If you can not speak or understand English well, and do not have someone who can speak English to accompany you to the hospital, then please ring the NSW Health Care Interpreter Service. Ring free call number 131 450. The service is free but you must arrange it before your admission day.
Unless your doctor gives you specific instructions:
Do not eat anything for 6 hours before your admission time.
You may drink ONLY WATER up to 2 hours before your admission time.
You may brush your teeth, but do not swallow any fluid.
Do NOT drink any alcohol on the day or night of admission.
Do not smoke cigarettes, take recreational drugs, or chew gum for 12 hours before admission. Smoking is not permitted at the Day Hospital.
We are a day only hospital with no overnight facilities. As a day hospital, all patients admitted for a procedure are discharged home the same day which typically incorporates a stay of 2-4 hours. Should you require further treatment or monitoring, under the direction of your treating doctor you will be transferred to an acute care hospital.
One or two days prior to admission you will recieve an SMS notification to remind you about your upcoming hospital admission and ask you to confirm your attendance.
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