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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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Chemotherapy is delivered by a CADD pump which allows patients to go about their day without being confined to a bed

December 6, 2017

New program helps patients receive chemo at home

A new initiative out of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario is helping patients stay out of the hospital and receive their chemotherapy treatment at home. Known as the Chemotherapy at Home program, this initiative allows patients who require...

Underground parking garage entrance at Queen's University off Stuart Street.

November 24, 2017

Parking garage now open

Kingston Police have completed their investigation and the Queen's University parking garage located on Stuart Street has now reopened. KHSC Staff, physicians, patients and families are now once again able to park in the garage. We apologize for any...

Dr. Robert Connelly, Program Medical Director of Pediatrics at Kingston Health Sciences Centre address the crowd gathered at City Hall.

November 14, 2017

KHSC commemorates World Prematurity Day

Each year more than 15 million babies are born premature and one million of those children die as a result of complications due to their pre-term birth. On Friday, Kingston Health Sciences Centre will be taking part in World Prematurity Day to bring...

Dr. Zoltan Tataks, inventor of the iKnife receives a demo of the visual mapping technology from the Perk Lab team

November 14, 2017

Kingston teams involved in creation of new surgical technology

Every few years a new piece of technology is released that can dramatically change the way medical teams provide care to their patients. Now, Canadian surgeons and researchers have partnered with a team in the U.K. to develop a tool that will...

student volunteers at Teddy Bear campaign launch

November 14, 2017

KGH Auxiliary launches 2017 Teddy Bear Campaign

The Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary, along with its financial partners Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560 and the Ladies Auxiliary to RCL Branch 560, has launched its 2017 Show Children You Care Teddy Bear Campaign to support the purchase of...

Dr. Kimberly Dow

November 7, 2017

Researchers pioneer use of monitoring device for high-risk newborns

High-risk newborn infants in intensive care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre will be the first in Canada to be monitored and evaluated for their feeding skills in a novel research initiative led by Dr. Kimberly Dow. Her 30-month project will study...

Mom and her little mermaid in our NICU

October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween from KHSC

For some, Halloween is a time for parties, trick-or-treating and other spooky activities that typically come along with October 31. For others, like the patients and families in KHSC’s Pediatrics Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) it’s a...

Dr. Elizabeth Eisenhauer

October 31, 2017

KHSC clinician-scientist recognized at Canadian Cancer Research Conference

Elizabeth Eisenhauer, a pioneering clinician-scientist and an influential voice for cancer research in Canada, is being honoured with the Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Research award from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA). Dr...

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Eric Hoskins, MPP Sophie Kiwala and KHSC President and CEO Dr. David Pichora, pose with honourded guests following the event.

October 27, 2017

Province announces support for Phase 2 Redevelopment

KHSC’s Phase 2 Redevelopment Project has received a major endorsement as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Eric Hoskins announced the Provincial Government’s support of the project during a media event at our Kingston General Hospital site....