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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 Dietary 2 conference room is the scene of a new style of meeting where chairs are pushed aside.

A healthier kind of meeting

Meetings are a great way to bring people’s minds together, but that doesn’t mean everyone’s seat has to be planted firmly in well, a seat. As part of our hospital’s employee wellness program, one of our conference rooms is now set up to host meetings...

Artist and former patient Donna Scanlan (L) and Pediatrics Program Manager Kerri-Lee Bisonette (R) discuss the new ceiling tiles in the pediatrics unit on Kidd 10. It is one of several areas of the hospital that will benifit from the colourful works of art.

Art donation helping brighten the view

When receiving treatment at Kingston General Hospital, there are times when a patient can spend a lot of time staring up at the ceiling. Now, thanks to a new art donation, patients in several areas of the hospital will now have something more...

Contact cards like this one, will be given to all areas of the hospital so that staff can quickly access KGH's new translation service.

New translation service available at KGH

A new service has arrived at Kingston General Hospital that will make finding a translator for any language as easy as picking up the phone. On July 1, KGH introduced a new phone-in translation service called Language Line. This new service gives...

Auxiliary President Jenny Raymond (centre) hands a cheque worth just under $470,000 to KGH Board Chair Scott Carson and CEO Leslee Thompson.

KGH Auxiliary hands over another huge cheque

You can see the KGH Auxiliary hard at work to raise funds for our hospital from the moment you walk through the front door. Its members run the Auxiliary café, gift shop, tuck shop, lottery booth and hair salon, along with fundraisers such as the...

Nurse Practitioner Danny Quann talks about the patient flow improvements and challenges in our Emergency Department.

Hospitals work together to focus on patient flow

Improving patient flow is a priority for every hospital in our region. Last week, a special regional working group dropped by Kingston General Hospital to take a closer look at how we are managing and improving patient flow. This working group is...

A screen capture of the landing page of the KGH Journey website.

Our journey towards Outstanding Care, Always.

Over the past five-years, KGH has been on the move! Thanks to the support of our community and our many partners, as well as everyone who works, learns and volunteers at KGH, we have been transforming the patient experience and our organization on...

Be sure to get the full story and check out the KGH journey online at kghConnect.ca/kgh-journey .

Our journey towards Outstanding Care, Always.

Over the past five-years, KGH has been on the move! Thanks to the support of our community and our many partners, as well as everyone who works, learns and volunteers at KGH, we have been transforming the patient experience and our organization on...

Nurse Practitioner Danny Quann talks about the patient flow improvements and challenges in our Emergency Department.

Hospitals work together to focus on patient flow

Improving patient flow is a priority for every hospital in our region. Last week, a special regional working group dropped by Kingston General Hospital to take a closer look at how we are managing and improving patient flow. This working group is...

Auxiliary President Jenny Raymond hands a cheque worth just under $470,000 to KGH Board Chair Scott Carson and CEO Leslee Thompson.

KGH Auxiliary hands over another huge cheque

You can see the KGH Auxiliary hard at work to raise funds for our hospital from the moment you walk through the front door. Its members run the Auxiliary café, gift shop, tuck shop, lottery booth and hair salon, along with fundraisers such as the...