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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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The new team will look at improving access to palliative care services.

Local partnership to improve access to palliative care

Facing the challenges of a life-limiting illness is a difficult time for many patients in our area and accessing the services they need to improve their quality of life can be confusing. That is why Kingston General Hospital (KGH) has partnered with...

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Kingston health research tour goes virtual

Every day researchers at KGH are busy working to create breakthrough technologies and innovative solutions aimed at improving the health of millions of people world-wide. This week, we are inviting the Kingston community to learn more about this work...

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KGH researchers to co-lead largest ever Canadian gastrointestinal disease study

Each day millions of Canadians live with pain caused by Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). A new study co-led by researchers at Kingston General Hospital and McMaster University will investigate the relationship between a patient’s diet and the bacteria...

(L to R) Critical Care Physician Dr. Gordon Boyd, Michael Ward from the Trillium Gift of Life Network and KGH Interim CEO Jim Flett stand in front of the new donor wall.

Organ and tissue donors honoured with special new memorial wall

Organ and tissue donations save hundreds of lives across the province each year. Now, KGH has created a special space inside our hospital to recognize our many donors and their families – a new Organ and Tissue Donor Memorial wall located in the Kidd...

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Integrated Annual Corporate Plan for 2016-17 unveiled

Our aim at KGH is an inspiring one – to deliver Outstanding Care, Always to every patient, every day. To help us deliver on that aim, we created an Integrated Annual Corporate Plan (IACP) that spells out the most important work we need to tackle each...

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Funding offers hope for chronic pain sufferers

KGHRI clinician scientist Ian Gilron is co-leading a new research network focused on chronic pain. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research under its Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) program, the Chronic Pain Network...

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New TV screens installed around KGH

It’s not just better lighting and the colourful new paint on the walls catching peoples’ attention these days around KGH. You may also have noticed the new TV screens that have been installed in several strategic locations, including waiting rooms...

A patient in the Cancer Care centre at KGH learns about the new kiosks.

Survey kiosks in Cancer Centre allow patients to share their thoughts

The Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (CCSEO), located at Kingston General Hospital has rolled out an innovative tool that allows the experiences of cancer patients to be captured and measured in real-time. The tool, built by Cancer Care Ontario...

Dr. Stephen Vanner

$12.5 M national network targets gastrointestinal disease

March 31, 2016 A national, large-scale research project looking at gastrointestinal disease has been awarded $12.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Stephen Vanner, clinician-scientist at Kingston General Hospital and a...