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Twice the robots, twice the care.

In the operating rooms at KHSC, surgery is starting to look more like science fiction. From behind the console of the new Da Vinci Xi robotic surgery system, surgeons can perform minimally invasive procedures with precision, ease and accuracy, doubling the capacity of a program already transforming hundreds of lives across Southeastern Ontario each year.

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KGH markings for new carpet replacement on the floor

Carpet removal

One of our busiest hallways has said goodbye to its fuzzy flooring. The Carpet Removal Project team ripped it up and replaced it with tiles in the FAPC entrance and along the Kidd 1 corridor near the main lobby of Kingston General Hospital. The work...

KGH staff looking at a monitor with SmartTrack system

Computer program now helping track patients as they undergo surgery

Kingston General Hospital has just flipped the switch on two new pieces of software for our Surgical, Perioperative and Anesthesia (SPA) program that will improve the flow of information. Both of the applications are part of the PICIS OR Manager...

Dr. Brian Goldman who is a Staff Emergency Physician and the CBC Radio One Host of "White Coat, Black Art", speaks to delegates at the KGHConnect 2013 Knowledge Exchange: Transforming the Patient Experience hosted by Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

KGH hosts national conference on Patient- and Family-Centred Care

After months of planning, Kingston General Hospital hosted its first major conference on Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10. The event brought together about 300 people from across the province and country, representing both patients and a broad...

Cabinets are restocked regularly.

New Automated Drug Cabinets - up and running

The Automated Drug Cabinet project is picking up steam. Several cabinets were installed earlier this year in our Emergency Department. Now for the first time, cabinets are in place and working on our inpatient units as well, namely Kidd 4 and Davies...

Nurse helping patient, follow up appointment, cancer care, evaluation

Cancer centre physician awarded patient-centred research grant

The Canadian Cancer Society has created a new category of research grant that focuses on improving the patient experience, and a physician practicing at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital is among the first to...

Staff at Kingston General Hopsital have many more health options to choose from.

Nutrition Services department earns healthy food choices award

The Kingston General Hospital Nutrition Services department is savouring a new award. The Atrium Café has been given a bronze certificate in the ' Eat Smart! Award of Excellence' program. The program is run by public health units across the province...

Emergency Department charge nurse Monica Griffiin takes a moment to register online for the 'Be A Donor' organ and tissue campagin at www.beadonor.ca/kgh8

KGH joins 'The Gift of 8 Movement'

Just because you've signed your organ donor card doesn't mean it's official. That's why the Trillium Gift of Life Network and Kingston General Hospital are encouraging everyone to register online instead. "Once you've registered electronically, a...

Volunteer Judy Torrents regularly delivers ice water to chemotherapy patients.

KGH Auxiliary donation supports Cancer Centre patients

It may not be all that high-tech but the Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary's latest equipment donation is sure having a big impact on patient care. It's a new water and ice dispenser, now up and running in our Cancer Centre. "This is the kind of...

Students taking part recently in the P.A.R.T.Y. program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

Trauma Service to tour teens around parts of KGH

Trauma Services at Kingston General Hospital will soon be hosting a high school field trip like no other. The P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth) program brings teenagers right into the hospital so they can see for...