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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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RN Julia John is one of KGH’s new skin and wound care nurse champions. Here she shares pressure ulcer prevention strategies with Nursing Student Scott Conway in the Kidd 2 ICU.

December 1, 2015

New push to reduce pressure ulcers

In a hospital that specializes in complex care such as cancer, stroke, cardiac and trauma, a pressure ulcer (also known as a bed sore) may seem like a minor medical condition. But for our patients, they can be quite painful, can lead to infection...

Petri dishes

November 25, 2015

KGHRI-Queen’s announce 2016 Internal Funding Competition for health sciences

Each year the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and the Kingston General Hospital Research Institute run competitions for various sources of funding made available from faculty research funds and hospital foundation funds. Deadlines...

Tabitha Lollar and Jeff Phillips with their children Emmett, Aida and Maeve. Aida has received care from the pediatric program multiple times in the past.

November 9, 2015

KGH Auxiliary launches annual Teddy Bear Campaign

The Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary, with sponsorship from Kawartha Credit Union, today launched its 2015 ‘Show Children You Care’ Teddy Bear Campaign to support the purchase of patient-care equipment for the pediatric program at Kingston General...

These posters have been put up around the hospital to remind people that there is now no smoking at KGH

November 9, 2015

KGH now entirely smoke free

In a continued effort to ensure a safe and healthy environment for patients, families, visitors and staff, Kingston General Hospital (KGH) became a smoke-free property on November 1, 2015. “This is part of our commitment to eliminate all preventable...

KGH Emergency Department ramp renovations are complete and access to the deparmtent via King St. West restored.

October 27, 2015

KGH Emergency ramp now open

Construction work on the ramp leading up to the Emergency Department at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) has ended, and the entrance to the Emergency Department has returned to its regular location as of 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday October 28. The...

Dr. Archer with his colleagues in the lab

October 8, 2015

Foundational research in heart-lung function recognized with $500,000 gift

KINGSTON, ON -- Groundbreaking research by KGHRI clinician scientist Dr. Stephen Archer was celebrated today with the opening of the William J. Henderson Laboratory, home of the Archer Laboratory Program on Cardiovascular Sciences and Mitochondrial...

Construction crews remove the pavement from the KGH emergency ramp

October 7, 2015

ED ramp repairs continue

Work to repave our cracked and worn Emergency Department ramp is now well underway. The ramp is expected to be closed for another three weeks while crews lay new asphalt and install a new pavement heating system to prevent ice build up. During this...

UHKF launches their campaign to raise funds for Kingston hospitals

October 7, 2015

UHKF launches major new fundraising campaign

Keep your eyes peeled for new billboards, banners, and posters around our hospital. The University Kingston Hospitals Foundation (UHKF) has just unveiled its latest big campaign to support KGH, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Providence Care. It’s theme is...

Liz Withers from Ryan's Case for Smiles celebrates the donation of the charity's one millionth pillowcase at KGH

September 24, 2015

Colourful pillowcases bring smiles to pediatric patients

An international charitable organization marked a big milestone at Kingston General Hospital last week. Liz Withers from Ryan’s Case for Smiles visited the KGH Pediatrics Department to celebrate the donation of the organization’s millionth pillowcase...