Read more about Food and catering.

​There is a pharmacy in the foyer of the main hospital building (Sentralblokka). This is a public pharmacy operated by Sjukehusapoteka Vest.

Read more about this

Patients waiting for transport may do so in a designated waiting area in the foyer in the main hospital building (Sentralblokka). The waiting area is designed to make the wait as comfortable as possible for both patients and next-of-kin.

Opening hours
Staffed waiting area Monday to Friday: 08:15–17:00
Telephone:  05515

The waiting area offers reclining chairs, coffee tables with seats, magazines and coffee.

In the daytime the waiting area is staffed by two transport planners from the Department of Patient Travel. The transport planners are not medically trained but can assist you if there are any changes to your planned travel.

• Patient travel must be booked by the discharging department before the patient arrives in the wai​ting area.
• The departments are responsible for referring patients to the waiting area based on a medical assessment.
• Patients who need to wait longer than 2 1/2 hours for their booked travel should do so in their department.
• The department should make its assessments, including medical assessments, on the basis that the waiting area is not permanently staffed and not staffed by medical personnel.

Patients travelling by air may contact the hosts in the waiting area, who will help organise an airport transfer.

In special circumstances the waiting area may be unmanned for limited periods during opening hours.

• Patients who require care and who are in the waiting area at ordinary closing time will be referred back to the discharging department. The discharging department will then look after the patient.
• Patients who have been allocated patient transport after 15.30 and who require care must wait in their department. Those who do not require care may wait at the edge of the waiting area.

All patients and visitors can use free wireless internet in most areas of the hospital.

Gjest.ihelse.net is a wireless network for visitors, patients and staff.

How to connect to our guest network:

1. Connect to the wireless guest network (gjest.ihelse.net)
2. A browser should open automatically. (If the login window does not appear, try to open the browser manually).
3. Read the terms carefully.
4. Press "Accept" when you have read and understood the terms.
   

The login takes place automatically on units after the first login, as long as the account is active. It will only be necessary to log in once per unit per 31 days.