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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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A blower system at the end of a bed on Kidd 4 fills the top surface of the bed with air, making it easier on the skin and more comfortable for patients at risk of bed sores.

New bed surfaces helping protect skin

It has only been a year since the Kingston hospitals Staff Lottery was launched, but it is already paying off big for our patients. So far, the lottery run by the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) has raised $42,000 for patient care...

Parents participating in the study are encouraged to provide basic infant care earlier than before, such as skin-to-skin contact, feedings and diaper changes.

Parents now playing a bigger role in our Neonatal ICU

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) can be an overwhelming environment for parents. But a new research project taking place on the unit is aiming to ease the stress, by inviting mothers and fathers to be a much bigger part of their baby’s care...

Radiation Therapists Jim Gooding (left) and David Markotich demonstrate how orthovoltage treatment is given to a patient.

Targeting skin cancer: New machine at KGH delivers another treatment option

For the last few years, it was a type of cancer treatment you would have to travel to Ottawa or Toronto to receive, but now orthovoltage is once again available here at Kingston General Hospital. Orthovoltage is a type of radiation that is strong...

The new outpatient program in the Burr wing will be open to mental health patients during weekdays.

KGH to be home to new outpatient mental health program

A new space in the Burr wing here at Kingston General Hospital will soon be the home to an outpatient treatment program for mental health patients who have been recently discharged from the hospital. The Intensive Transitional Treatment Program (ITTP...

Assistant Deputy Minister Susan Fitzpatrick (right) from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care presented the Certificate of Accreditation to KGH. (From left) Colleen Londry, Chief Sonographer, CEO Leslee Thompson, Dr. Anthony Sanfilippo and Julie Caffin, Program Operational Director, Cardiac and Emergency.

February 25, 2014

A provincial first for our cardiac program

The Echocardiography Lab at Kingston General Hospital is a busy place, performing roughly 7,000 tests per-year, each one requiring different specialties and skill levels. Recently the Cardiac Care Network (CCN) of Ontario was here to watch the team...

Call it a sign of things to come. A construction crew works on Stuart Street a few months ahead of the infrastructure renewal project set to go this spring.

February 24, 2014

KGH prepares for road construction around the hospital this spring

With all of the snow on the ground, it certainly doesn’t feel like spring is on its way, but Kingston General Hospital along with the City of Kingston and Queen’s University are busy planning for construction season. In May, the City will begin a...

From L-R: Dr. John Drover, Critical Care Program Medical Director at KGH, Registered Dietitian Kim Gough at KGH, Dr. Daren Heyland from CERU, Dr. Roy Iian, Attending Physician at KGH and Rupinder Dhaliwal, Manager of Research and Networking at CERU.

February 11, 2014

A 'Best of the Best' Award for KGH ICU

Patients in an Intensive Care Unit are always in need of complex and urgent medical care. But they also need something that's often overlooked in hospitals, and that's enough nutrition to help them recover. Here at Kingston General Hospital, we've...

A few vehicles from the Community Patient Transfer Group parked at KGH to facilitate non-urgent patient transfers.

February 11, 2014

New non-urgent patient transfer service up and running

Thousands of patients arrive and leave Kingston General Hospital each year with the help of a non-urgent patient transfer service (NUPT) and a new system has been put in place to handle these transfers across the Southeast region. It is the first of...

Registered Nurse Andrea Knapp (right) draws blood from the hand of renal patient Cecilia Tran.

February 5, 2014

"Save My Veins" campaign starts at Kingston General Hospital

Patients here at Kingston General Hospital may begin to see some new purple bracelets around the hospital. They are part of an educational initiative taking place in partnership with the Ontario Renal Network. It's called " Save My Veins." The purple...