Five ways to improve your hospital stay – and help health-care workers help you
No one likes a prolonged stay in hospital, especially if there is a shortage of doctors and nurses and you’re staying in a cramped, noisy ward. But there are ways to make the whole process easier – and the staff will thank you, too
Falling sick or getting injured and having to be admitted to hospital is never something to look forward to.
While Hong Kong’s public hospital system provides comprehensive services at affordable rates, patients often face long waiting hours in cramped wards with little privacy. A chronic shortage of medical staff and facilities can also leave patients feeling overlooked and overwhelmed as they give up control over their daily existence.
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Patients have a role to play in helping health-care workers treat them. Here are five ways to make a hospital stay more pleasant, and perhaps even speed up recovery.
Take medication as prescribed – and know what you have taken
While most people want to follow doctors’ orders, many are forgetful or negligent about taking prescriptions on time and in the right dose.
It is important to know which medicines you have ingested, and to be able to give the doctor details concerning the name and dose. If a patient has an allergic reaction while on medication, the drug can be identified and the class of drug can be avoided in the future.
