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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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(File Photo) MPP Daryl Kramp (here speaking at a KHSC event in March) recently announced an additional $45 million in funding for KHSC.

Province announces additional funding for KHSC

Kingston Health Sciences Centre will soon be receiving over $45 million in funding following an announcement by Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp earlier this week. For KHSC, the announcement included over $32 million to secure the...

Dr. David Good reviews images using KHSC's new Complete Blood Count (CBC) analyzer with an integrated digital morphology system

New lab technology to bring faster test results to patients across SE Ontario

Thanks to over $300,000 in grant funding from Ontario Health, patients who present at hospitals across Southeastern Ontario will soon have access to faster blood test results. The funding has been used to purchase new digital morphology technology...

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People of KHSC: Julie Ballance, Charge Nurse & Accreditation Ambassador

A charge nurse in busy outpatient clinics at the Hotel Dieu Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Julie Ballance has been pulling double duty lately as an Accreditation Ambassador, a role that makes her a key frontline resource as...

Dr. Paula James

KHSC promotes bleeding assessment tool for World Hemophilia Day

April 17 is World Hemophilia Day and the Inherited Bleeding Disorders Team at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) are promoting the use of an online Bleeding Assessment Tool (BAT) that will help individuals determine if the bleeding they...

Dr. Henry Wong, Clinical Assay Development Scientist

People of KHSC: Dr. Henry Wong

As a patient or family member, it’s likely a phrase you’ve heard, but have given little thought. “We’ve sent your sample to the lab and are running some tests.” But have you ever wondered what kind of tests they are running? Or, how do we know if the...

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Mental health unit at KHSC rolls out the welcome mat with new Security Ambassador role

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has launched a first-of-its-kind ambassador role in its Mental Health and Addiction Care (MHAC) program, a welcoming presence for patients and families that also adds an extra layer of safety for everyone in the...

Kingston Bariatric Centre of Excellence

Kingston Bariatric Centre of Excellence turns 10

Ten years ago, people living with obesity had to travel outside of southeastern Ontario to receive bariatric surgery, a variety of procedures that involve making changes to the digestive system. That was before a regional treatment and assessment...

Dr. Kathie Doliszny, Scott Kelso from 3SO, Dr. Stephen Archer and Kathy Henry from SCI Logistics.

Southeastern Ontario hospitals donate medical supplies to Ukraine

Despite being half-a-world away, six hospital organizations from southeastern Ontario have teamed up to ship much needed medical supplies to health-care teams in Ukraine. A truckload of supplies departed from Kingston over the weekend, bound first by...

Dr. Sibley

People of KHSC: Dr. Stephanie Sibley

Critical Care and Emergency Medicine doctor Stephanie Sibley witnesses firsthand the ups and downs people go through when someone is very sick. “Despite people’s devastating illnesses, they continue to have wishes even in their last days and hours of...