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People who are bedridden due to their health condition are not able to travel on their own. At the same time, caregivers must take into account that the probability of situations requiring medical intervention cannot always be resolved by visiting a doctor at the patient’s home. In such situations, the quick arrangement of transport to the hospital may affect the patient’s life.
Public transport of a bedridden person
If, during the home visit, the doctor concludes that the health of the bedridden person has deteriorated, he may decide to transfer the patient to the hospital. In this case, the patient can count on free transport (including air transport) to the nearest health care facility in both directions, i.e. from the home of the sick person to the hospital and back. The same transport may also be referred to when a bedridden person is treated at a given time and there is a need to transport him from one medical facility to another, e.g. in order to perform specific tests.
If a sick person suffers from a motor organ dysfunction and is therefore unable to use public transport, he or she has the right to free travel by sanitary transport in order to undergo treatment to the nearest care facility.
If the transport of a bedridden person requires overcoming a long distance, i.e. more than 120 km in both directions (from the patient’s home to the medical facility and back) or it will involve transporting the sick person from the border to his place of residence (the sick person was treated at the facility for independent reasons) medical care outside the country and its condition does not allow for independent return home), then we are talking about the so-called “long-distance” transport. This type of transport is also dependent on the decision of the doctor, who may agree to such a decision after determining the condition of the bedridden person.
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As a caregiver of a bedridden person, we have the option, if the conditions allow it (if there is no need for medical procedures during transport), to accompany the sick person during the medical transport.
It must be remembered that in the event of a threat to life and a sudden deterioration of health, as caregivers of a sick person, we have the right to call an ambulance.
Private transport of a bedridden person
If a bedridden person needs to be transported to a hospital or other medical facility or anywhere else, we have the opportunity to use the services of many private companies providing medical and sanitary transport. In the case of private transport, we can count on a very high quality of services, including taking the patient to bed and assistance with formalities. The staff is selected individually according to the needs of a given client and his condition. When it comes to costs, they are also calculated individually depending on the composition of medical personnel, the urgency of the order, duration of transport and distance.
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