Question:
Seeking Others Who Had Surgery At St. Vincent's Charity Hospital

I will be having surgery at St.vincents and was wondering on the day of my pre-op testing, what all am I supposed to bring to the hospital such as paper work or anything, I live over an hour away and don't want to forget anything !!! Thanks in advance.    — kelkel319 (posted on August 2, 2003)

August 3, 2003
Unless you were told to specifically bring anything (your share of payment maybe?) you don't need anything. I only took my medical cards for them to copy. That's it! Good luck! Post-op there on 7/16/03.
   — Dianne M.

August 3, 2003
I had my surgery at St. V's in Carmel. As I recall, all I needed was my insurance card and photo id. However, you also will need to know the name and contact info of anyone you want to have listed as emergency contact, and if you have a living will or a healthcare power of attorney you should bring that as well. Also, you need to know what meds you are taking for some of the labs, and any known allergies to medications. Hope this helps and best of luck to you! The hospital is a great facility and the bariatric staff are great. Cheers-
   — gamboge

August 4, 2003
I had my surgery at SVCH (Cleveland) in early February. I had to pay my copay at my preop testing, so you should be done with that - as far as paperwork - nope, didn't have to bring anything. Otherwise, I brought too much stuff. Thought I'd want to read, or something, but didn't. I was even most comfortable in the hospital gown instead of my own nightshirt. Funny, that. I even brought books on tape that I never listened to. The only thing I brought that I REALLY used was my toothbrush, hairbrush, and chapstick.
   — johanniter