Your Role in Safety

TCI Hospital is commited to providing you with the best healthcare experience. There is also an important role that patents and their families need to play. One way you can make sure you get good quality health care is to be an actve member of your health care team. Patents who talk with their healthcare providers tend to be happier with their care and have beter medical results.

You can use the following tps to make sure you get the best possible care:

• Let us know if you need a translator; • Ask questons to make sure you understand what your doctor is telling you; • Explain your understanding of the informaton provided in your own words to the doctor to be sure you understood correctly; • Let your doctor know if you are worried about being able to follow his or her instructons; • If your doctor recommends a treatment, ask about optons; • If you need a test, ask: • How the test is done; • How the test will feel; • What you need to do to get ready for it; • How will the test results be returned; • Let us know if you have ever had an allergy or bad reacton to any medicine, food, or environmental substance. • Let us know all the drugs you currently take, including over the counter medicines like vitamins and any herbal or alternatve medicines. • Let us know about any pre-existng conditons you have e.g. high blood pressure or diabetes, or if you could be pregnant.