{"id":128732,"date":"2026-09-25T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/patient-guide\/your-discharge-from-the-hospital\/discharge-instructions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:00:08","slug":"discharge-instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/patient-guide\/your-discharge-from-the-hospital\/discharge-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Discharge Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you leave, you will receive your discharge summary and personalized instructions, which may include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pg-check\">\n<li>information about your diagnosis and hospital stay<\/li>\n<li>instructions for your medication<\/li>\n<li>guidelines for your diet and physical activity<\/li>\n<li>wound care or other specific instructions<\/li>\n<li>warning signs that require contacting a doctor<\/li>\n<li>scheduled follow-up appointments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t hesitate to ask for clarification if anything is unclear.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Instructions for Mother and Newborn<\/h3>\n<p>Upon your discharge from the Maternity Clinic, the care team will provide you with personalized instructions for the care of both the mother and the newborn.<\/p>\n<p>The instructions may include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pg-check\">\n<li>care following a vaginal delivery or a C-section<\/li>\n<li>breastfeeding and feeding the newborn<\/li>\n<li>care of the newborn\u2019s umbilical cord and skin<\/li>\n<li>safe sleep and safe transport of the newborn scheduling pediatric and obstetric follow-up appointments<\/li>\n<li>warning signs that require contacting a healthcare professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to ask for clarification or additional instruction before you are discharged from the hospital.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Instructions for Children and Parents<\/h3>\n<p>Before discharge, you will receive personalized instructions for continuing your child\u2019s care at home.<\/p>\n<p>The instructions may include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pg-check\">\n<li>medication and the correct way to administer it<\/li>\n<li>guidelines for your child\u2019s feeding, fluid intake, and activity<\/li>\n<li>special care instructions related to your child\u2019s diagnosis or treatment<\/li>\n<li>information about scheduled follow-up appointments and how to contact the pediatrician.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you leave, you will receive your discharge summary and personalized instructions, which may include: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":128730,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-patient-guide-page.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-128732","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128732\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}