Informed consent
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This page provides more information about your stay and informed consent for necessary procedures. It is important for you to be aware of this.
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Sometimes the urgency of the situation will not allow major interventions (for instance, an urgent intervention) to be discussed with you in advance. The doctor will then act in good conscience in the patient's best interest. Naturally, all necessary information will be provided afterwards.
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We assume that the information here will suffice to adequately inform you.
Do you still have questions? Please be sure to ask them to one of the healthcare providers.
Welcome to our ward
You or your loved one have been admitted to the cardiovascular diseases department, on a semi-intensive ward. This means that we constantly monitor your heart rhythm by telemetry. Admission to our ward is necessary after a complex procedure or because of the severity of the situation.
Hospitalisatie 24 works closely with the other hospitalisation wards within the cardiovascular diseases department and with the neighbouring intensive care unit for cardiac patients (Intensieve zorg 4).
To make your stay as smooth and pleasant as possible, you will find all the necessary information on this page. We hope this info will serve as a useful guide for you and your loved ones during your admission to our ward. We wish you a speedy recovery and a pleasant stay in our hospital.
Address
Location and accessibility
Parking
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The designated car park for this department is parking West.
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This car park is entirely underground. Check whether your vehicle meets the conditions to enter the car park.
Mail for patients
Would you like to send the patient a card or a letter? Please put the patient's full first name and surname before the address above.
Visiting hours
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Visits are possible every day at set times:
- Odd rooms and beds (101, 103, 104/1, 105/1, 106/1, 107/1, 108/1, 109/1):
- from 13:30 to 14:30
- from 17:30 to 18:30
- Even rooms and beds (102, 104/2, 105/2, 106/2, 107/2, 108/2, 109/2):
- from 14:30 to 15:30
- from 18:30 to 19:30
- Odd rooms and beds (101, 103, 104/1, 105/1, 106/1, 107/1, 108/1, 109/1):
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Limit your visit to 1 hour.
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Come with a maximum of 2 visitors at a time.
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Any exceptions to the standard visiting times can be requested and discussed with the ICU's head nurse and/or supervisor.
Contact
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Head nurse: Fanny Van Bael (tel +32 16 34 40 41)
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Nurses: +32 16 34 40 30 (available 24 hours a day)
Telemetry: monitoring your heart rhythm
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On this ward, we monitor your heart rhythm day and night using a telemetry transmitter. Telemetry is a way of continuously observing your heart rhythm.
Your heart is a muscle activated by an electrical stimulus. The telemetry transmitter does nothing but observe that stimulus. Thus, the transmitter does not send stimuli to your body, but captures the heart's electronic stimuli and converts them into a signal.
In this way, your heart rhythm is monitored even at times when the caregivers are not looking at the monitor.
Leaving the department
Please note: because you are wearing a telemetry transmitter that tracks your heart rate, you cannot leave the ward without the doctor's permission and only when accompanied by a nurse or paramedics (e.g. physiotherapist).
Mobile phone use prohibited
Intensive care units use a lot of sensitive equipment that is vital for patients. Mobile phone use can interfere with the operation of those devices. Therefore, it is forbidden to use a mobile phone inside the intensive care unit.
In the rest of the hospital, mobile phone use is of course allowed.
Team
Doctors
Care team
Extra support - The social worker
Are you worried about your illness, family, work or financial situation? Both you and your family members are welcome to have a confidential conversation with the social worker.
The social worker will work together with you to find solutions, give advice on social services to which you are entitled and will help you with questions about insurance and certificates. If needed, the social worker will refer you to external services.
Ask the nurse or call in person on +32 16 34 86 20.
In need of conversation or a listening ear? Ask for the pastor.
Illness and hospitalisation are often thought-provoking. Do you need a quiet, confidential conversation?
There is a pastor working in the ward who - regardless of your philosophy of life - can lend a listening ear if you are having a difficult time or have life questions.
Ask for a pastor via the nurse.