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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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Shelley Henderson, System Programmer/Analyst, getting her flu shot in our Wellness Centre.

October 29, 2013

No excuses: Top reasons to get your flu shot

It's that time of year when you start to hear the sniffles, sneezes and coughs around the room. Viruses are on the move in our community again and that means the flu is on the way as well. But there is an easy way to protect yourself, your family and...

A view of our KGH report page.

October 29, 2013

Work underway to draw up next year’s hospital budget

Kingston General Hospital recently passed the half-way mark in the fiscal year and is right on target to finish with a balanced budget. Next up is planning for the upcoming 2014-15 fiscal year and once again the hospital will be relying on all staff...

KGH Patient Experience Advisor, Karen Nicole Smith is interviewed by a CBC crew from New Brunswick reporting on the advances made in patient and family centred care at KGH.

October 16, 2013

Celebrate Patient- and Family-Centred Care

It's been quite a month for Kingston General Hospital in the national media, and the spotlight has been right on our Patient- and Family-Centred Care program. The CBC's Dr. Brian Goldman introduced our work to a huge audience of people across the...

Chris Hammer, KGH Employee Campaign Coordinator, organizing donated items for the Early Bird gift basket draw.

October 16, 2013

KGH United Way campaign launches annual employee appeal

It's called Thanksgiving for a reason. It's everyones' chance to pause and appreciate the good food and good fortune we are able to share with our families and friends. It's also as good a time as any to think about the people in our community who...

KGH President and CEO Leslee Thompson makes a few comments and thanked the event sponsors, Lovell Drugs, Honeywell and KCCU for their support.

October 2, 2013

KGH celebrates its 175th Anniversary

It's not every day a hospital in Canada turns 175 years old, so on September 25 Kingston General Hospital held a special event to mark our impressive anniversary. About 300 people gathered in Macdonald Memorial Park for guest speakers, a short video...

First Capping Ceremony (1948).

September 27, 2013

KGH: 175 years of caring - Capping Ceremony: A symbolic milestone

The nurse's cap distinguished the trained nurse from her predecessors and marked her education and skill. According to historian Tina Bates, it represented "respectability, femininity, and service," with its military, religious, and academic...

Peng-Sang Cau, one of three new KGH Board members joining the board this year, learns about some of the IT infrastructure projects completed recently.

September 27, 2013

KGH Board of Directors gives high praise to staff during board orientation session

Members of our Board of Directors got a special behind-the-scenes look at Kingston General Hospital in action last week. As part of a two-day orientation and education session, the board members met with staff, went on tours and took in presentations...

X-Ray Print (1896)

September 27, 2013

KGH: 175 years of caring - The arrival of X-ray technology

X-rays first made their appearance in Kingston on February 17, 1896, when the Weekly Whig reported that Captain John Bray Cochrane (1860-1946), Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the Royal Military College, had taken an x-ray image of the hand of...

V28 P-42.1, Queen's Picture Collection, Queen's University Archives

September 11, 2013

KGH: 175 years of caring - Dr. Walter T. Connell

Dr. Walter T. Connell (1873-1964), a graduate of Queen's Medical College, was appointed to the position of Pathologist at KGH and Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology at Queen's University in 1895. He established the Department of Pathology and...