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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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Experts in partnering with patients visit KGH

Eight world leaders in Patient and Family Centred Care were at our hospital last week. Staff and advisors from the Georgia Health Sciences Health System (GHS) were here on a mission. Over two days they held workshops with our staff and physicians to...

CERU team at KGH awarded prestigious National Institute of Health grant

Dr. Daren Heyland and his research team at the Kingston General Hospital Clinical Evaluation Research Unit ( CERU) received a grant from the National Institute of Health ( NIH) to advance research into meeting the nutrition needs of high risk...

Queen’s and KGH led initiative named Network of Centre of Excellence

Queen’s and KGH led initiative named Network of Centre of Excellence

A new research network focused on improving healthcare for an aging population positions Canada as a global leader in providing the highest quality of care for the seriously ill elderly. Daren Heyland, Queen's professor of medicine will lead the...

Simulation Olympics bigger than ever

Simulation Olympics bigger than ever

This year's Simulation Olympics were a bigger event than ever. Nineteen teams and 85 participants competed last week. The action took place over three days at the Clinical Simulation Centre in the new Queen's School of Medicine building. Over 25 KGH...

Nurse Practitioners helping out in new ways at KGH

Nurse Practitioners helping out in new ways at KGH

National Nursing Week is a great chance to celebrate the hundreds of nurses who work at KGH. It's also an opportunity to shine the spotlight on a smaller group of nurses in our hospital, nurse practitioners (NP). At the moment there are eight of them...

Patient experience advisor wins big award from Cancer Care Ontario

Patient experience advisor wins big award from Cancer Care Ontario

Marla Rosen spends about 70 hours a month at KGH, but she's not a paid employee. She's a patient experience advisor who works with hospital staff and administration to improve policies, programs and services that affect patients and their families...

Full house for KGH Connect event: Mission Possible

Full house for KGH Connect event: Mission Possible

The aim of the KGH Connect event series is to bring everyone up to date on the latest happenings at KGH. A full house showed up for the most recent evening event. It was held in Memorial Hall in Kingston City Hall on Thursday, April 26. President and...

Bringing Advance Care Planning to the forefront at KGH

Bringing Advance Care Planning to the forefront at KGH

End-of-life care planning is a tough conversation to have for many people. But this week, the new national “Speak Up” campaign is hoping to fire up more discussions about it. To get the ball rolling, Monday was National Advance Care Planning Day...

Get ready for the annual Relay for Life fundraiser

Get ready for the annual Relay for Life fundraiser

The annual Relay for Life is now out of the starting blocks. This year, the Canadian Cancer Society is teaming up with the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) and KGH for the all-night affair. The 12-hour fundraising event kicks off at 7...