Preparing for hospital

Your doctor will confirm your booking with the Hospital.

E-admission portal

• You need to complete your health questionnaire, pre-admission form and acknowledge all hospital and financial consents via our secure e-admission portal. Please note you will not be admitted until these forms have been completed.
• Complete this as soon as your surgery is confirmed. Depending on your health history, you may need to attend the Pre-admission Clinic (PAC).

Please note you will not be admitted until these forms have been completed.

For future admissions, you can simply make any changes that may have occurred since your last admission and resubmit the form.

If you require any assistance with the portal, please contact our admissions team on (02) 9812 3000 or via email at reception@muh.org.au.

When to expect more information about your admission

• You will receive an email two days before your admission date with information you will need regarding your stay. Please note this will only be sent if you have completed the forms in our e-admission portal.
• We will contact you again the afternoon before your day of admission to let you know the following:
  • admission time
  • fasting details
  • where you should go to when you arrive at the Hospital.

What to bring

• Identification in the form of a driver license or photo card.
• Medicare card.
• Health insurance fund and/or Veterans’ Affairs card.
• Concession or health care cards (Pensioner Concession card, Health Care card, DVA card).
• Any forms, notes, reports or letters from your doctor.
• Copies of any of the following documents you may have:
  • Advance Care Directive.
  • Enduring Guardianship.
  • Power of Attorney.
  • Resuscitation Order.
  • Voluntary Assisted Dying.
• All relevant X-rays, MRIs, scans.
• All medication you are currently taking. If possible, please bring in their original packs.
• Glasses and physical aids (walking sticks, hearing aids, etc).
• Comfortable clothes to go home in.
• If staying overnight, night attire, dressing gown, slippers or comfortable walking shoes, personal toiletries, reading material.

Please do not:

• Bring any items of value.
• Wear jewellery, makeup or nail polish.

We recommend that all belongings brought to hospital are labelled with your name.

If you are attending the hospital for surgery, please shower prior to being admitted.

Understanding health insurance and paying for hospital care can be complicated. In general, private health insurance covers your hospital stay but there can be out of pockets costs. Find out more about these costs.