Medical Ward 1 treats patients with lung disease, gastrointestinal disease and general medical diagnoses, with a total space for 38 patients.

The ward rounds start weekdays at approximately 9.15 am and continue until the early afternoon. On weekends the ward rounds will not be conducted for all patients. Ward rounds are, as a starting point, conducted at the room with the consideration of discretion in regards to the other patients. However, there will always be an opportunity to have the conversation in private.

In order to create the best possible patient-care, it is important that you tell us about your expectations as either a patient or a relative. We would like to talk with you about what may be particularly important or significant to you. Prepare for the ward rounds with specific questions possibly with your relatives. We aim to match your expectations to ours in order to provide you with the best possible care.

The ward consists of nurses, social- and health care assistants, nursing aides, doctors, secretaries and service assistants, all of whom work collaboratively with specialists from other fields to ensure that we provide you with the best possible care- and treatment process.

Further, we have trainees and students affiliated with the ward. We believe that the ward provide them with great opportunities to learn and moreover, that our patients will experience that trainees as well as students participate actively in many tasks at the ward.

We work hard every day to ensure that our patients receive the best possible care- and treatment process. Even during hectic days, we are determined to secure that patient safety is a top priority, and that we maintain a high level of professionalism. The ward comprises many acute admissions. As a result of that, you can experience a transfer to another room – equally you can experience a transfer to your existing room.

In the ward we aim to get our patients out of the bed as much as possible, and encourage everyone to wear their own clothing. Therefore, we further encourage you as a patient to take care of, if possible, elements such as personal hygiene, bedding as well as collecting food if you want to eat at the room.

• Breakfast: 8.00am-8.55am
• Lunch: 11.30am-12.15pm
• Dinner: 5.00pm-5.55pm

We always have fresh fruit available and additionally serve various snacks during the day. If you or your relatives need a cold drink or a cop of coffee, you are very welcome to help yourself. Extra snacks for patients are available in the refrigerator in the dayroom.

If you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know. If you are ambulatory and dressed in your own clothing, it is possible to have dinner at the canteen via a free meal ticket. If your relatives wish to have dinner with you, they can pay with credit card in the canteen. If your relatives wish to eat with you at the ward, meal tickets can be purchased from the Information in the foyer.

If you would like a wireless Internet access, this is possible via connection to the region’s guest network and entry of your civil registration number. There is a free telephone at the ward, which can be transferred between the rooms. Mobile phones are allowed anywhere at the ward.

We do not have dedicated visiting hours at the ward, but we kindly ask relatives to respect the need for quiet at the rooms between 12.00 noon and 2.00 pm and to note that visits are not permitted after 9.00 pm. Relatives must also be prepared to leave the room, if necessary, to enable ward rounds to be conducted or treatment to be provided in privacy. Visits during a rest period are referred to the dayroom. Vases for flowers are to be found by the lifts.

If you have many close relatives, we recommend that you collectively decide which of you should act as the contact in regards to the ward. This enables us to meet the needs of all patients.

Please note that we have a professional confidentiality, which limits the information we can pass on without your permission. Therefore, it is a good idea if your immediate relatives are present during ward rounds, when test results are available.

Your relatives are welcome to contact us by telephone (see contact information below). In order to accommodate any questions, the most suitable time span is between 10.00am and 2.00pm. Please note that during the time span from 3.00pm to 7.00am relatives cannot expect to be informed about various test results.

The hospital is non-smoking, but we will gladly help you with nicotine products. Please let us know if needed.

We are not responsible for your valuables kept in cupboards or drawers, so please ask your relatives to take them home with them or alternatively you will be able to get them stored in the Information at the hospital. We will gladly assist you. Remember to inform of deposited valuables at the discharge.