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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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Bernard Roberson from Georgia Regents Health and Angela Morin, a KGH Patient Experience Advisor, talk with Kelli Kitchen, Program Manager at KGH on our newly renovated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit about the new Family Integrated Care model they are helping pioneer.

Partnering with Georgia

When it comes to mentors, it's hard to beat our partners from Georgia Regents Health. Not only are they recognized as being world leaders in Patient- and Family-Centred Care, but they visit our hospital each year to talk about its value and check in...

The Burr Lobby space is changing to support an increase in patient flow

Burr lobby changes will help support higher patient volume

If you’ve been over to the Burr 0 lobby this week, you’ll have noticed it looks a little different. A redesign of the space is all part of an effort to improve flow in the area and make it easier for patients when they come in for appointments. One...

This parking lot will serve as short-term parking for pick-ups and drop-offs during the project.

Two construction projects set to begin

As the old saying goes, in Canada there are two seasons, winter and road construction. Well, the weather is warming up, and we will begin to see some significant work starting around the hospital in a couple of weeks. As you may recall, the City of...

KGH employees filling in charts

Ontario Votes

With the provincial election set to go on Thursday, June 12, teams of volunteers are supporting patient- and family-centred care this week by fanning out across the hospital to ask patients if they would like to vote in the advanced poll. Volunteers...

Making sure patients are wearing their ID bands is one of the important ways we can support safety.

Safety checks: Proper patient identification focus of online education

It may seem like a small part of the overall care we provide for our patients, but a hospital identification band is one of the most important tools we have to keep our patients safe. That’s why KGH is launching an education blitz to remind our staff...

Debora Petrie, Environmental Services Assistant, goes online to let people know another bed is clean.

Preventing gridlock: New bed notification system helping smooth patient flow

It goes without saying that patients want to move quickly and seamlessly from one place to another once they arrive at our hospital. That’s why we’ve been busy over the past year looking for ways we can improve patient flow and thereby prevent...

The new program helps people use empathy to turn difficult situations into positive experiences.

‘Communicating with H.E.A.R.T.’

Responding to someone with a kind smile and a sympathetic ear can be all that is needed to turn a difficult situation into one that is remembered as positive. Empathetic communication helps patients, families and staff work together in a busy...

Last year nearly $30,000 was raised to support cancer care at KGH through Relay for Life. This year funds will support a new dermatology clinic at the Cancer Centre.

Relay for Life to support new service at KGH

A new dermatology clinic will soon be opening at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital to deal with a problem that’s on the rise, skin cancer. This year's Relay for Life campaign is going to help get it up and running...

The new online calendar will help you save the date for interprofessional learning events, such as this presentation by our friends from the Georgia Regents Medical Centre in 2013

Learning calendar launched online

As a teaching institution, there’s a lot of learning going on at Kingston General Hospital. However, for many years it has been difficult to find out about those opportunities unless you were specifically invited. But thanks to KGH’s new...