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"When you return home, you must make sure there is someone responsible with you for the first week, to look after you. If you live alone you could arrange to stay with a relative. If this is not possible, please tell us when you come to the pre-admission clinic so that arrangements can be made to give you some help at home.
Please arrange for someone to collect you from hospital and take you home. You will need to go home in either a car or taxi. This will be more comfortable for you, and also quicker for you to return to the hospital if there are any complications on the journey home"
Source:
www.ouh.nhs.uk/patient-guide/leaflets/files%5C11653Ppneumothorax.pdf