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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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Emergency Department traffic will soon be temporarily directed to the Armstrong wing entrance.

September 21, 2015

KGH emergency ramp getting repairs

The KGH Emergency Department ramp on King Street W. is in need of a little TLC. This long-standing infrastructure project is moving ahead thanks to funds made available through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Health Infrastructure Renewal...

Tim Hortons coffee, tea and capuccino is now served in the Burr wing

September 15, 2015

New Tim Hortons location in Burr Wing

The Centre Cup coffee kiosk in the Cancer Centre has just gone through a transformation. It has now reopened as a new Tim Hortons location.The switchover brings the company’s beverages and baked goods to the lobby of the Burr wing for the first time...

A roller flattens hot, fresh asphalt on Stuart Street in front of the Watkins wing entrance.

September 2, 2015

City road construction almost complete

The construction work on the roads around Kingston General Hospital is now rolling closer to the finish line. Work crews have finished installing new water and sewer pipes underground and, at the surface level, they have poured new sidewalks and...

Dr. Daren Heyland

August 28, 2015

KGHRI Intensive care specialist receives $5.7 million to study burn injury treatment

An intensive care physician with the Kingston General Hospital Research Institute has been awarded $5.7 million to study the use of glutamine on patients with severe burns. Dr. Daren Heyland is lead investigator in the five-year study, which will...

New art brightens up the hospital's main hall

August 27, 2015

New art display at KGH

One of our main hallways has a bold new look, thanks to the 11 original pieces of art now lining the corridor. The paintings are all by local artist Tim De Rose and they will be on display in the Kidd 1 hallway until October 20. Each piece is a bold...

Kingston and the Islands MPP Sopie Kiwala announces health infrastructure renewal funding for KGH.

August 19, 2015

KGH receives new funding for infrastructure upgrades

Work will soon be getting underway to make improvements to Kingston General Hospital buildings thanks to funding announced by Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala. On Wednesday, August 19, Kiwala visited KGH to announce that the hospital would...

KGH Chief Operating Officer Jim Flett thanks Brit Smith for his donation towards a second MRI at KG

August 11, 2015

Brit Smith and Homestead Land Holdings make major donation to KGH

Patients and families in Southeastern Ontario will soon benefit from a major donation announced today at Kingston General Hospital. Britton Smith and Homestead Land Holdings have announced that they have donated $3 million for a second Magnetic...

Dave De Sousa measuring up areas outside of the Burr wing where some new non-smoking signs are going to be installed.

New signs another step towards becoming a smoke-free hospital

A new set of signs are being installed around the hospital to remind everyone not to smoke near our main entrances. They are in response to feedback from our patients and families, staff and volunteers who are concerned about the number of people who...

The overall project includes new sidewalks on the north side of Stuart Street.

Road construction project moving ahead

The city road construction project is entering a new phase. Work crews put new asphalt down on George and Okill Streets last week officially wrapping up work in that area. Meanwhile, things are also beginning to take shape out front of the hospital...