What to Bring to Mount Sinai

Outpatient clinic visits

• Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
• A list of your current medications, including vitamins and herbal supplements
• A list of questions you may have
• Anything else specified by your physician or clinic

Pre-surgery visits to the Pre-Admission Unit

• Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
• Policy information for additional health insurance (if applicable)
• A list of your current medications, including vitamins and herbal supplements
• The name, address and phone number of your family physician
• The name, address and phone number of any other medical specialists you are seeing
• Copies of any recent tests and a consultation letter from the medical specialist(s) (if applicable)
• A copy of your completed pre-admission questionnaire and pre-operative health questionnaire, and any other documents your surgeon may have given you

If you are not fluent in English, please contact your surgical team to arrange an interpreter.

Learn more about the Pre-Admission Unit.

Surgery

• Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
• Any additional health insurance and policy information
• A method of payment (Visa, Mastercard, Interac debit or cash)
• Containers for hearing aids, dentures, glasses or contacts, as these must be removed before surgery
• Two reusable bags (one for your shoes and one for your clothes) that fit our lockers, which are four feet high and one foot wide
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, if you use one

If you are staying overnight, please also bring:

• Toiletry items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, brush or comb, shaving equipment, shampoo and deodorant
• Overnight personal items, such as a robe or dressing gown

Learn more about Surgery at Mount Sinai.

Overnight or extended stays

• Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
• Identification showing your name, address and date of birth
• Secondary insurance coverage information (if applicable)
• A list of your current medications, including vitamins or herbal supplements
• Toiletry items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, brush or comb, shaving equipment, shampoo and deodorant
• Cotton pyjamas with a button-down top
• No-slip slippers
• Housecoat or dressing gown
• Glasses, hearing aids and dentures

You may wish to bring a small amount of cash. Please leave valuables and jewelry at home. Electric shavers and hair dryers are the only electrical grooming devices permitted.

Having a baby

Visit our pregnancy, birth and newborn care pages to learn more.