Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Most specialists prefer that you stop eating and drinking at 10 pm on the evening before your procedure, if you are having general anaesthetic or sedation.
The doctor’s rooms will inform you of your admission time when you book the procedure and you will also receive a sms reminder from the hospital the day before your scheduled procedure. However, please note that your admission time is not an indication of the time when you will go to theatre.
Please bring your completed admission form, medical scheme membership card, ID or driver’s licence and authorization for the procedure, which you’ve obtained from the medical scheme, with you. Please ensure that you will be able to pay any applicable co-payments on or before admission.
You will have a locker with a key next to your bed, but rather do not bring any unnecessary personal belongings with you to the hospital. We prefer that you leave all valuable items at home.
It will depend on the length of your procedure and the recovery time after anaesthesia.
You are not allowed to drive for 24 hours after having general anaesthesia or conscious sedation.
Children under 12 years may be accompanied by one parent or guardian until he/she is asleep but will not be allowed into theatre.
The best way to request a quotation is via your consulting specialist.
No, we don’t have an in-house pharmacy. Medication will have to be collected from a private pharmacy with the script provided at the hospital. This medication is NOT included in your hospital account and will have to be paid for in accordance with your medical scheme rules.
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