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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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Joanna Elliott is pictured sitting at her desk at the Hotel Dieu Hospital site. She has shoulder length, dark brown hair and is wearing a mauve blouse.

February 27, 2023

People of KHSC: Joanna Elliott

Have you ever met someone who just beams positivity? Like they’re always in a good mood and anytime you connect with them you’re left feeling energized? That’s Joanna Elliott. She’s an administrative assistant with Kingston Health Sciences Centre's...

The Assessment Centre at the Leon's Centre

February 23, 2023

COVID-19 Assessment Centre closes its doors for the final time

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 Assessment Centre, managed by Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), has provided safe and timely access to COVID-19 PCR testing, on-site clinical assessments by nurses, paramedics and...

pressure injuries

February 22, 2023

Medicine program gets pressure injuries down 58 per cent

As the largest acute care program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the Medicine units that make up the department have the ability to improve the health outcomes of many patients. Before the Medicine program embarked on a quality...

Tricia Anderson is pictured outside the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at the Beechgrove Complex. She has shoulder length, dark brown hair with bangs, and is wearing a black jacket on top of a black shirt.

February 21, 2023

People of KHSC: Tricia Anderson

In July 2020, Tricia Anderson headed to the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at the Beechgrove Complex. A professor with St. Lawrence College’s nursing program, she was joining the ‘Swab Squad’ as the lead nurse on weekends. “The academic year was finished...

heart care

February 15, 2023

Her heartfelt journey

Kingstonian Kristen Jones has been followed by Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) cardiologists since she was diagnosed, at two years old, with a bicuspid aortic valve. It’s a congenital condition that means she was born with an aortic valve with...

Tori with her donated bumble bees that she crocheted

February 14, 2023

Children's cancer unit feeling the love thanks to some young community members

The children’s cancer unit at the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site is feeling extra loved today as a result of some kind and thoughtful community members. This past week, both Robbie and Tori separately provided gifts to help benefit children who...

Benjamin Ma is pictured outside the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at the Beechgrove Complex. He has short dark hair and wears glasses. He's wearing a black jacket on top of a grey, collared shirt.

February 14, 2023

People of KHSC: Benjamin Ma

Think back to when you turned 18-years-old. How did you celebrate? Did you buy a lottery ticket, get a tattoo, or cast your first ballot in an election? Benjamin Ma marked the milestone birthday in October 2020, with a first of his own. He applied...

Tilda Shalof

February 13, 2023

Kingston nurse-scientists share new findings in research and practice at 26th annual conference

The benefits and challenges of technology-based health care. Enhancing the recruitment and retention of new nurses into long-term care. The importance of patients’ and caregivers’ voices in improving care outcomes and influencing health policy. New...

Kimberley Dickinson is pictured holding a broom in a hallway at the HDH site. She has blonde, shoulder length hair and is wearing blue scrubs and mask.

February 7, 2023

People of KHSC: Kimberley Dickinson

There’s a popular phrase professional baseball player Marcus Stroman coined – ‘height doesn’t measure heart’. And that’s certainly the case for Kimberley Dickinson. Standing tall at a mighty 4 feet 10 inches, the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC...