When you're leaving the hospital after a stay of any length, always ask who you should call if you have any questions or problems. Get a specific person and their phone number. Importantly, don't just assume you'll call your primary care doctor or your in-hospital doctor; there may be a better person or a faster person to reach.
Ask your surgeon and your primary care doctor who you should contact with any follow-up issues or problems involving medication, pain, bleeding, questions with take-home equipment such as catheters, and the like. Everyone forgets to ask this, and it can be one of the most important points of information you get.
When you're leaving the hospital after a stay of any length, always
ask who you should call if you have any questions or problems. Get
a specific person and their phone number. Importantly, don't just
assume you'll call your primary care doctor or...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:When you're leaving the hospital after a stay of any length, always ask who you should call if you have any questions or problems. Get a specific person and their phone number. Importantly, don't just assume you'll call your primary care doctor or your in-hospital doctor; there may be a better person or a faster person to reach.
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