Day of Your Operation
Arrive
2 hours before your scheduled operation time:
Surgical Admission Unit (SAU)
Toronto General Hospital
Peter Munk Building – 2nd Floor, Room 310
TGH Maps & Directions
All hospital entrances are open by 6 am. However, University Ave. is easiest to access.
If you were told to take medication on the morning of your operation, take it at home with a sip of water before you come to the hospital.
- Ontario Health Card (OHIP).
- Toiletries such as toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, razor and soap.
- A robe, socks and shoes or slippers with non-slip, rubber soles.
- Hearing aids, dentures and glasses in their protective cases, labelled with your name and phone number.
- If you have sleep apnea, bring your CPAP machine.
- You will change into a hospital gown.
- You will see a registered nurse that will check your blood pressure and ask you some health questions.
- You will see your anesthetist or a member of the anesthesia team.
- You will see your surgeon or a member of the surgical team.
- We will mark the area where we are doing your operation.
- We will give you a small needle with Heparin, a medication to help lower the chance of developing blood clots.
- A member of the health care team will put an intravenous (IV) in a vein in your arm. The IV will be used to give you fluids and medications during and after the operation.
- When everything is ready, you will go to the operating room.
