What to Bring to Mount Sinai

Learn more about what to bring to the hospital and what can stay at home.

Being prepared for your visit helps ensure a smooth and comfortable experience. What you bring depends on the reason for your visit.

Outpatient clinic visit

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

Pre-surgery visit to the Pre-Admission Unit

  • Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
  • ​Policy information for additional health insurance, if applicable
  • ​Your current medications, including vitamins and herbal supplements, in their original bottles
  • 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, as well as 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 can fit into 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:

  • Overnight personal items and toiletry items, such as a robe or dressing gown, toothbrush or toothpaste

Learn more about Surgery at Mount Sinai.

Overnight or extended stay

  • Health (OHIP) card or valid health-care coverage
  • Identification showing your name, address and date of birth
  • Secondary insurance coverage information, if applicable
  • Your current medications, including vitamins and herbal supplements, in their original bottles
  • Toiletry items such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, brush or comb, shaving equipment, shampoo and deodorant
  • Cotton pyjamas with a button-down top
  • Slippers
  • Housecoat or dressing gown
  • Glasses, hearing aids and dentures

You may wish to bring a small amount of cash; however, please leave valuables at home. Electric razors and hair dryers are the only electrical grooming devices permitted.

Having a baby

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