Former Mayor Rob Ford will undergo an expected 10 hours of surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital today (Monday, May 11, 2015) to remove a tumour discovered in his abdomen during last year’s municipal election campaign. This picture was tweeted by Mr. Ford’s staff. “Ready to roll,” the picture said.. Ford checked into the hospital around 6 a.m. ET. In the hours leading up to his surgery, Ford read the day’s news and spent time speaking with his wife, Renata. Four surgeons will be involved in Ford’s operation. The surgery is the latest cancer treatment for the former Toronto mayor and the one he has been hoping for. Ford had said if chemotherapy and radiation failed to shrink the tumours to an operable size, his chance at survival was low. An aide to the former mayor, Dan Jacobs said doctors will make two main incisions, both about 30 centimetres in size, to remove a five-centimetre tumour from Ford’s abdomen.
