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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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Dr. Roger Deeley

Celebrating a champion of health research

Bridge-builder, visionary, cherished mentor, brilliant researcher – these are just some of the ways his colleagues describe Dr. Roger Deeley as he steps down from his combined roles of Vice President, Health Sciences Research, Kingston Health...

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Wellness activities support people’s mental health

While psychiatry, nursing, social work and occupational therapy are the common inpatient services available to people admitted to Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Mental Health Program at the Kingston General Hospital site, more therapeutic...

Dr. D.J. Cook doing a demonstration

Recognizing novel brain research

Dr. D.J. Cook, KGHRI clinician-scientist and a neurosurgeon at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, has been awarded $40,000 from the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation Women’s Giving Circle for his innovative research into brain bleeds in the...

Opening event of the new MRI

Kingston Health Sciences Centre officially opens second MRI

Following months of work at the Kingston General Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), construction for a second MRI scanner and a new MRI suite has been completed. “The opening of this second MRI is an exciting moment for the...

cardiac clinical team during simulation event

The magic of simulation: World-first collaboration rewards patients, clinical teams alike

Simulation in health care is commonplace for learning or practicing skills but the value of simulation jumps to a whole new level when it brings clinical teams together to collaborate on creating standards of practice that will improve the quality of...

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SOAR with art

The Students Overcoming Anxiety and Rebuilding (SOAR) program is designed to help students in grades five through eight build their emotional awareness. For the past five years, through programming such as art workshops, it has also helped Dr...

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2018-2019 Annual Report

This year we launched our Transforming care, together strategy. Shaped by more than 2,000 voices from across our community, it is both our bold plan for the future and our commitment to patients, families and each other. Grounded in a commitment to...

All patients who go through the Day +1 program receive the save education at KHSC and Lakeridge Health

New partnership launches between KHSC and Lakeridge Health

One of the more difficult pieces of being in the hospital is the distance patients have to contend with that rests between them and their home, friends and families. Now, a new partnership between KHSC and Lakeridge Health is helping to close this...

Danielle McCully takes part in research into inherited bleeding disorders with Dr. Paula James. She also does outreach and education.

Making a difference for the future: Why I take part in research

Danielle McCully is helping to open new avenues of research into inherited blood disorders. Diagnosed with mild hemophilia in her early 20s, she is a frequent participant in research being done by Dr. Paula James, one of Canada’s foremost experts on...