Your discharge papers
Before you leave India, you receive a discharge summary in English describing the diagnosis, the treatment, the medicines you take home and the follow-up plan. Keep it with your other records and make copies. If you had surgery, ask for the operation notes too, and for cancer treatment, the final pathology report, which can arrive a few days after the operation.
Your local doctor
Book an appointment with your own doctor or specialist soon after you return, and bring the discharge summary. They take over day-to-day care: removing stitches, checking wounds, monitoring blood tests and adjusting medicines. Many treatments need local follow-up, for example physiotherapy after joint surgery, regular blood tests after a kidney or liver transplant, or the next cycles of chemotherapy.
If your local doctor has questions for the treating team, MedPrax can help connect them.
Video follow-up with your treating doctor
Follow-up video consultations with your doctor in India can be arranged at the agreed points in your recovery, such as a few weeks after surgery or when new test results are ready. Send recent reports or photos of a wound ahead of the call so the doctor can review them.
Medicines
Some medicines prescribed in India may have a different brand name, strength or availability in your country. Before you leave, check with your local pharmacy or doctor that you can continue them at home, and carry enough to bridge the gap. Never stop medicines such as anti-rejection drugs, blood thinners or heart medicines without advice.
Warning signs
Seek medical help promptly if you have a fever, a wound that becomes red, hot, swollen or starts to leak, new or worsening pain, swelling or pain in one leg, breathlessness or chest pain, or vomiting that does not settle. Go to your local emergency department for anything urgent, and then let MedPrax and your treating team know.