Please ensure you bring your Medicare Card, Health Insurance details and Infant Health Record.
For Parent
- Casual, comfortable day clothes and sensible footwear
- Night attire
- Toiletries (include sun lotion in warmer months)
- Current medications
- Tissues
For Infant
- Clothing – enough for duration of stay
- Toiletries
- Pram
- Favourite toys, play blanket and comforter for bed if age appropriate
- Wraps
- Bibs and spoon
- Current medications
- Bottles, bottle brush, teats, formula and infant cup (if required)
- Disposable nappies
- Infant cereal (if required)
- You might like to bring your own cot sheets
- Infants four months and over may use an acceptable sleeping bag. All sleeping bags uses in the unit must not have a tog rating greater than 1.0 and should be light weight.
Mitcham Private Hospital will provide
- Towels, linen
- Steam steriliser and bottle warmer
- Solids for babies if needed
We recommend you leave valuable personal items at home, including money and jewellery as we cannot accept responsibility for the loss or damage of any item brought into the hospital.