All discharged patients receive the liaison letter provided for in article R. 1112-1-2, the medical certificates and prescriptions required to continue their care and treatment and to justify their rights.
Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5, with the exception of minors and involuntary patients, patients may, at their request, leave the establishment at any time. If the doctor in charge of the department considers that leaving the establishment prematurely would endanger their health, the patients concerned will not be authorised to leave the establishment until they have completed a certificate stating that they are aware of the dangers…
When a patient is at the end of their life, they are transferred home if they or their family so wish.
Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5, the persons mentioned in article R. 1112-57 are informed of the imminent departure of the minor. They shall inform the administration of the establishment whether or not the minor may leave the establishment alone.
Subject to the special case of premature babies, medical necessity or cases of force majeure established by the doctor in charge of the department, newborn babies leave the establishment at the same time as their mothers.
The hospital administration will provide hospitalised patients with a full list of land-based medical transport companies in the département.
Before discharge, all in-patients receive a questionnaire designed to collect their comments and observations. This completed questionnaire is returned to the administration in a sealed envelope and in anonymous form if the patient so wishes. The Director periodically informs the Supervisory Board, the Institutional Medical Committee and the Institutional Technical Committee of the results of the use made of these documents. These questionnaires are kept on file and may be…
For the application of article L. 1111-3-1, the healthcare establishments mentioned inarticle L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code provide their patients, following a stay or the provision of a service, with a document designed to inform them of the amount of the services they have received. This document, given to the patient at the latest on leaving the establishment, states separately : 1° Where applicable, the amount of costs…
When a patient is dying, he or she is transported to a single room with the utmost discretion. Relatives are allowed to stay with the patient and assist him/her in his/her final moments. They may be allowed to have their meals in the establishment and to remain there outside visiting hours if the patient’s hospitalisation arrangements allow.
The family or next of kin are informed as soon as possible and by all appropriate means of the worsening of the patient’s condition and of his death. Death is confirmed by any means. Notification of death is given to : 1° Foreign nationals whose family does not reside in France, to the nearest consulate; 2° Military personnel, to the competent military authority; 3° Minors covered by a departmental child…
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