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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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Joel Parlow

August 11, 2021

Research in action: remote care study leads to groundbreaking pilot project

The fruits of the labour of research can take years to travel from bench to bedside. A recent COVID-19 study on remote care, however, planted a seed that has quickly blossomed into an important pilot project at KHSC to provide virtual care to...

remote monitoring

Virtual care is helping surgery patients recover safely at home

Speaking about the virtual care he received after having quadruple bypass surgery in June, Brighton resident Rick Liscomb says, “It’s absolutely wonderful – what a comforting thing to be monitored by your care team from the comfort of your home.”...

Dr. Steven Brooks

Rapid Response network takes on the COVID-19 challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated just how quickly a virus can change our entire world in just a small amount of time. Our best defense? Data. KGH RI researcher Dr. Steven Brooks has teamed up with colleagues across the country to develop a new...

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People of KHSC: David Campbell

COVID-19 fatigue may be plaguing you these days but not David Campbell. The clinical ethicist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre actually lights up when you mention the pandemic. “It may sound weird, but I’ve found it very exciting,” he says. “It has...

ARCTICA Hub-and-Spoke model of training and remote POCUS consultation.

Research project bring new tools to remote communities

A new research project is helping to provide life-saving tools and training in point-of-care ultrasound for physicians working in remote healthcare locations. The Accelerated Remote Consultation Tele-POCUS in Cardiopulmonary Assessment (ARCTICA)...

KHSC's District Epilepsy Centre

Living seizure-free after surgery

Reid Gladman, a recent Queen’s University graduate, remembers telling his parents that he was pretty sure he had a brain tumor after experiencing his first seizure in grade nine. Following an MRI in his hometown of Kamloops, British Columbia showed...

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Looking out for Lumbar One – The Rapid Access Clinics for Low Back Pain

Over 50 per cent of people in developed countries will experience at least one episode of low back pain during their lifetime. Back pain is a common reason patients see their family practitioner and is responsible for more than half of opioid...

Covid Virus

Teaching an old drug new tricks: a commonly used medication is repurposed to treat COVID-19

COVID-19 is a dangerous, worldwide pathogen, stressing health systems and requiring novel thinking to help those sick enough to require mechanical ventilation. Dr. John Muscedere, a researcher at Kingston General Health Research Institute, is working...

Len and Alyssa Whalen

“She wouldn’t have been able to do it without them”

For some families in Kingston, just the thought of getting their teenager booked for a COVID-19 vaccine is a daunting one. For some children, the sights and sounds of a mass-vaccination clinic can be just too overwhelming to navigate. For others, the...