Important to know before your day admission in the internal surgery day hospital:

• The day of the treatment you do not have to be sober, unless otherwise agreed.
• You'll pay the necessary attention to body hygiene: a bath or shower the morning of the treatment is recommended.
• You'll arrive on time (take traffic into account). In case of delay, you must notify the day hospital (011 69 97 80).
• You may take your morning medication with a small sip of water (unless notified otherwise by your doctor).

If you are sick or have a fever in the morning, please notify the internal day hospital as soon as possible at 011 69 97 80 to cancel and/or reschedule your treatment.

Be sure to contact your doctor when you experience one or more of the following symptoms:

• Signs of infection (fever above 38°C and/or chills; sore throat; burning sensation and/or pain when urinating).
• If you suffer from profuse vomiting, diarrhea, constipation for more than 24 hours.
• Sudden skin rash
• Shortness of breath
• Pain in the mouth, difficulty or pain when swallowing
• Bruises without having fallen or bumped yourself
• Or when you are worried about some symptom

The doctors and our entire team are always available to assist you if necessary.

You can visit the internal surgery day hospital on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at 011 69 97 80.

From 6 p.m. you can contact the oncology department at 011 69 97 30.

• Between 07h00 and 21h00 it is best to register at the reception at the main entrance of the hospital. 
• Between 21h00 and 07h00 you register at the emergency unit. 

It is important to regularly:

• increase the height of the cast limb
• put a bench under the cast leg that is at least as high as the chair or seat you are sitting on
• placing a pillow under the plastered arm
• move and exercise adjacent body parts not in the cast regularly (e.g., fingers, toes, shoulder, knee)
• Stretch the muscles under the cast from time to time (especially those of the thigh if it is in plaster)

With a cast, you should definitely not do the following:

• Get the plaster cast wet; this applies to both a lime and synthetic cast.
• Supporting or walking on a (semi-) open cast. 
• Insert foreign objects into the cast.
• Picking cotton wool from the cast.
• Drying the cast by artificial heat.
• Cutting or sawing into the cast.
• Using sharp objects for itching. 

When your fingers or toes are numb, blue, pale, very cold or swollen, you should go to the nearest emergency department as soon as possible.

If the cast is really uncomfortable or causing pain because the cast is too tight or too loose, you should go to the nearest emergency department as soon as possible.

If a particularly foul-smelling odor emanates from the cast, you should go to the nearest emergency department as soon as possible.