Ashok Healthcare · Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru
The first two weeks after an operation decide how smoothly recovery goes. Ashok Healthcare sends trained nurses to your home in Bangalore to look after the wound, drains and medicines, help the patient move safely and spot early warning signs, following the surgeon's discharge instructions.
Post-operative care at home is nursing support for a patient who has had surgery and has been discharged but still needs clinical attention. It usually covers wound and dressing care, management of drains or catheters, giving prescribed medicines and injections, pain and comfort support, safe mobility and watching for signs of infection or other complications.
Hospital stays after surgery are often short. A patient may go home after a hernia repair, a gall bladder removal, a cardiac procedure or a joint replacement while stitches are still in place and a drain may still be attached. Families are handed a discharge summary with a list of medicines and instructions, and suddenly they are responsible for tasks they have never done.
Our nurses take on those tasks. The surgeon's instructions remain the plan; the nurse makes sure they are carried out correctly, consistently and with a record the surgeon can review at the follow-up appointment.
Every task follows the surgeon's discharge instructions and the patient's prescribed care plan.
Our nurses are trained to notice changes that need the surgeon's attention, such as fever, increasing pain, a wound that becomes red, hot or starts to discharge, a sudden increase in drain output, calf pain or swelling, breathlessness, or confusion. When they see these signs, they inform the family and the treating doctor straight away.
For patients who need help to walk again or regain joint movement, nursing can be combined with physiotherapy at home. Ask our coordinator about orthopaedic rehabilitation at home for recovery after joint replacement and fracture surgery.
We regularly support patients returning home from hospitals in and around Yeshwanthpur, Malleshwaram, Rajajinagar and Hebbal, and to homes across North and West Bangalore. Call to check availability in other areas.
It can start on the day of discharge if we know the plan in advance. Contact us a day or two before discharge where possible.
This depends on the type of surgery and dressing used. Some dressings stay in place for several days; others need daily changes. The nurse follows the surgeon's written instructions.
Not always. Some patients need a 12-hour or 24-hour nurse for the first few days and then only visits for dressing and injections. The assessment helps decide what is enough.
Only when the surgeon has advised removal at home and on the date they specify.
The nurse will document what they see and contact the treating doctor promptly. Do not apply creams or start antibiotics without the doctor's advice.
Yes. Nursing covers wound care, medicines and safe transfers, and our physiotherapists can provide the exercise programme the surgeon recommends.
Usually the family purchases medicines and dressing supplies as prescribed. Our nurse will tell you what to keep in stock.
The cost depends on the shift length and tasks involved. We share the charges after the assessment.
Home care is suitable once the surgical team has decided the patient is stable enough for discharge. If the team advises continued hospital or step-down care, that advice should be followed.
Send us the expected discharge date and the surgeon's instructions. We will arrange the nurse, and any equipment, so the patient comes home to a ready room.
This page gives general information about care after surgery and does not replace the advice of your surgeon or doctor. Contact your surgical team or go to the nearest hospital if you notice signs of a complication such as fever, heavy bleeding, chest pain or breathlessness.