DELTA HOSPITAL - GENERAL INFORMATION

Access

Cars and pedestrians : 201 Bd du Triomphe, 1160 Auderghem

Metro : line 5 (Erasme – Hermann Debroux), stop at DELTA

Bus : buses 71 & 72, stop at TRIOMPHE

Tramway : lines 7 & 25, stop at ETTERBEEK GARE

 Train : stations DELTA or ETTERBEEK

Telephone Numberts

Front Desk	02/434 81 11
Consultations	02/434 81 05
Preoperative exams	02/434 86 41
Billing	02/434 46 40
Hospital admissions	02/434 80 20
Radiology	02/434 88 46
Scintigraphy -PET scan	02/434 88 45
Intensive Care	02/434 83 71
Hospitalization ward 2E	02/434 82 41
Hospitalization ward 2F	02/434 82 51
Emergencies	02/434 88 00

Visiting hours

• Single rooms : 10-20h

• Two-person rooms : 14-16h and 18-20h 

• Intensive care : 12-20h

Preoperative exams

These include :

• A questionnaire concerning your medical history, medications and possible allergies
• Clinical examination
• Blood test
• Electrocardiogram and chest X-ray when indicated

Once your surgery has been scheduled we request you call the preoperative exams department (tel 02/434 86 41) in order to plan exams ahead of surgery. Please take with you any relevant exams done outside the hospital or send them by email to preop.delta@chirec.be

The day of your surgery : no drinking or eating as of midnight except medication

Medications to be discontinued

Patients without any history of cardiovascular disease or stroke are advised to stop aspirin 7 days prior to surgery. Ask approval of your family doctor beforehand.  Other anticoagulants are liable to interfere with surgery (Sintrom, Pradaxa, Xarelto, Eliquis, Plavix) and must be replaced by daily subcutaneous heparin injections 2-10 days prior to surgery. Certain antidiabetics (Glucophage, Metformax, Metformine) must be discontinued 24 hours before surgery or before intravenous contrast-enhanced radiology such as CT scan.

Fibre-free diet

Before undergoing colonoscopy or bowel surgery you may be instructed to follow a diet for 5 days.

Foods to be avoided : fruit (all forms), vegetables (all forms), whole bread, brown rice, fibre-rich cereals

Authorised foods: white bread, butter, honey, low-fat milk products, coffee, tea, chocolate milk, plain steak, roasted chicken, plain fish with butter, plain omelette, pasta, potatoes, white rice, sandwichs (ham, cheese, chicken, ground meat), plain yoghurt, rice pudding, custard tart, biscuits, cake, waffle and all drinks except fruit and vegetable juice

Constipating diet

Indicated in certain cases of diarrhea and dehydration.

Liquids : water, tea, vegetable broth, rice water

Solid foods : carrots, rice, bananas, grated raw apples, quince sauce or jelly

 Dr Serge Landen - www.drlanden.be