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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. Heyland and his team at the CERU will be coordinating the study

KHSC takes key role in groundbreaking ICU recovery study

Intensive care patients who survive a critical illness can experience weakness and other limitations to their function long after they leave hospital. Now a unique, multi-site study being conducted through the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC)...

KHSC Cardiologist Dr. Chris Simpson is one of the specialists taking part in the project

KHSC specialists take part in eConsult project

It’s not unusual for a visit to a family physician to end in a referral to a specialist in the quest for more information or treatment for a specific condition or health concern. As patients across the country know, it may take some time before an...

Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala speaking to the media and guest during the funding announcement.

Province announces funding boost for KHSC

Patients and families in Southeastern Ontario will soon be benefitting from a focus on healthcare in the 2017 Provincial budget. The budget, which was recently unveiled at Queen’s Park, guaranteed a minimum two per cent increase in base funding for...

Dr. Jocelyn Garland recognized by CCO with Human Touch award

KHSC physician recognized with prestigious Human Touch Award

A physician with the Kingston Health Sciences Centre – Kingston General Hospital site recently received high praise for her work in going above and beyond in delivery of care for one of her patients. Last month, Dr. Jocelyn Garland, a KGH...

(From left) RNs Amber Elliot and Amy Kirst do a standardized bedside handover with patient Beverly Philips and her husband Charles

Critical Care program launches standardized patient bedside handovers

KHSC's Critical Care Program is embracing a new way of helping to deliver patient- and family-centred care. As of this month, nurses in the program are carrying out standardized patient bedside handovers. “We hear from our families and patients that...

The Emergency Department working group studies plans for their new space

Phase 2 Redevelopment plans taking shape

For the past few months teams made up of staff, physicians and patients from across the KGH site have been busy talking about what our facilities will look like in the future. They’re now closing in on a major milestone as several key planning...

Lori Weber and her daughter Stacey talk about advance care planning in new video

Kingston residents send national message about Advance Care Planning

April 6, 2017 There’s a distinctly local face to this year’s National Advance Care Planning Day campaign. The Canada-wide initiative, which takes place on Sunday, April 16, is being launched this week with a new video featuring five Kingston...

Members of the Lions Club present UHKF President & CEO Denise Cumming with their $110,000 donation to KHSC

Moms and babies to benefit from Lions Club donation

Construction will soon begin on our Labour and Delivery unit and once complete, families will have more permanent and quicker access to water therapy when giving birth in Kingston. It’s all thanks to a recent donation of $110,000 by the Lions Club of...

Families of organ donors are invited back to the KGH site to place the name of their loved one a memorial wall

KHSC leading the way in organ donations in Ontario

Organ and tissue donations save hundreds of lives across the province each year. Now, Kingston Health Sciences Centre is being called out for being leaders in organ and tissue donations. A recent report by Trillium Gift of Life Network shows that at...