Plan Your Visit

When being admitted to Nashville General Hospital, we ask that you bring only essential items, such as:

• Glasses / hearing aids / crutches or braces
• Toothbrush and toothpaste
• Deodorant
• Robe / Slippers
• Any other personal items (such as a hairbrush, chapstick, etc.)

Please do NOT bring valuables, such as cash or jewelry that can’t be replaced. NGH is not responsible for the loss or damage of patients’ belongings or valuables.

Parking is available across the street in the Albion Street Parking Garage, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Please park on floors 3–5. Be sure to bring your parking ticket with you, and the department you visit will be happy to validate your parking during your trip to the hospital.

For your convenience, courtesy carts run between the hospital and the garage throughout the day, weather permitting.

Nashville General Hospital is easily accessible by public transportation, located on WeGo (MTA) route #19. Use this link to plan your ride from a specific address:  http://ride.nashvillemta.org/

In keeping with our mission to promote health and wellness, tobacco use is prohibited at Nashville General Hospital. We are committed to delivering excellent clinical care and creating an environment of patient safety. Upon admission, identified smokers will be offered smoking cessation therapy during hospitalization.

As a patient, you have the right to obtain your medical records. Medical records are provided at no cost to other healthcare providers or for use in disability determination, Workman’s Comp, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Department of Human Services.