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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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KGH kids get a super hero treat

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

Patients, visitors and staff at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) got a real surprise when they looked out of their windows earlier this week. Suspended in mid-air were Batman, Superman, Spiderman and friends coming down the side of the hospital...

George Thomson, Chair of the KGH Board of Directors, addresses guests and the media during the announcement.

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announces investments in Kingston hospitals

As part of the province’s $51.8 billion investment in health care for 2016-17, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has announced an investment of over $13 million in the Kingston area. “With this new and important funding, we are working to...

Program providing kidney care at home

Over the years, KGH Patient Experience Advisor Karen Nicole Smith has spent her fair share of time in the hospital. But thanks to a dialysis machine that she can use in her home, she’s been given back the valuable gift of time. Now many more KGH...

Amer Johri sees a patient

KGHRI researcher heads to China for cardiovascular research experience

A Kingston General Hospital clinician scientist specializing in 3-D cardiac and vascular imaging has been selected for a unique, two-week science exchange program in China this August. Dr. Amer Johri, director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Network at...

Various members from the W.J. Henderson Foundation and family attended the event..

Walls come down — Construction begins on centre for patient-oriented research

Construction has officially begun on the W.J. Henderson Centre for Patient-Oriented Research. Work on the 9,000 square-foot discovery hub on the Connell 4 wing of Kingston General Hospital was kicked off today by representatives of the W.J. Henderson...

Exterior views of KGH and Hotel Dieu

KGH and Hotel Dieu announce plans to form integrated academic health sciences centre

The Board of Directors of Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital announced today that they have agreed to create a new academic health sciences centre that will bring together the operations of the two hospitals. The new organization will...

Cover image of our 2015-16 Annual Report

KGH This Year 2015-16 unveiled

There is no doubt a picture can be worth a thousand words, and this year we have created a special annual report that makes the most of the photographs we have captured over the past year. KGH This Year takes a colourful look back at the 2015-16...

The event wrapped up with our annual Strawberry Social to thank our staff for all their hard work and dedication

KGH recognizes historic milestone 175 years in the making

Having celebrated Kingston General Hospital’s 175th birthday back in 2013 most people know that we’re an organization with a rich history. But another important milestone was recently commemorated at KGH that recognized our role in the foundation of...

Dr. Barry Chan using the new cNEO viewer which was successfully integrated with our QuadraMed system.

KGH helping pioneer eHealth roll out

The province’s efforts to create an electronic health record for every patient are picking up steam. Here at KGH we have been doing our part by taking part in an important pilot project that has successfully brought patient lab test results online...