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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 mock scene of an operation in the Fenwick Operating Theatre. (c. 1896)

KGH: 175 years of caring - The Fenwick Operating Theatre

Formally opened in October 1895, the Fenwick Operating Theatre cost $4,000 to build. Dr. Kenneth N. Fenwick, a Queen's Medical College professor and attending physician for the hospital had been requesting a new operating theatre for years and...

Sara Lavigne, Central Processing Technician, sports one of KGH's new ID clips. The clips are being handed out across the hospital to ensure people wear their ID at chest level.

Creating new standards to support Patient- and Family-Centred Care

Kingston General Hospital is on a journey to put our patients at the centre of everything we do. To support staff and physicians who have been asking for tools to help them provide patient- and family-centred care, work is now underway to create some...

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KGH: 175 years of caring - Birth of the Doran Building

To better meet the needs of the growing number of patients, the Hospital Board appealed to the community in 1892 for funds to construct a women's hospital, a proper laundry, and an up-to-date surgical facility. Construction of the Doran Building, the...

Fire engulfs the Watkins Wing in 1897. Firemen and volunteers managed to save the main building by passing buckets of water.

KGH: 175 years of caring - Christmas Fire, 1897

On the morning of Christmas Eve in 1897, fire broke out in the St. George's Ward of the then 35-year-old Watkins wing. One of the orderlies, preparing the wax to polish the floors, spilled turpentine on an open flame, igniting the fire. The fire...

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KGH: 175 years of caring - December 1889

In December 1889, the Hospital Board resolved that, "...a new building be erected for the Hospital to be connected with the Main Building by a covered corridor with accommodation for infectious diseases, for the Superintendent, for the Nurses and...

Patti Hull, Nurse Navigator for the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program, is a constant support for patients across our region who are undergoing tests for potential lung cancer.

New Diagnostic Assessment Programs support cancer patients

For patients suspected of having cancer, the stress and confusion can quickly pile up. To help during this time, Cancer Care Ontario has been rolling out Diagnostic Assessment Programs (DAPs) across the province. DAPs are designed to help patients...

A view of KGH from the 1850's.

KGH: 175 years of caring - In the beginning

As the population of Kingston grew rapidly after the War of 1812, physicians expressed concern that greater care be given to the sick poor. A voluntary organization was established for such a purpose in 1817, and in 1820 the Female Benevolent Society...

Elder Life Nurse Specialist Kathy Kittner talks about options with residents on Connell 9 to make sure they are aware of Advanced Care Planning.

New tools to promote Advanced Care Planning

For health-care workers, it can be one of the toughest conversations to start. But more and more, Advanced Care Planning (ACP) is being recognized across the country as having immense value, for both patients and caregivers alike. ACP is all about...

Staff participate in a two-day continuous improvement session recently aimed at identifying the root causes of gridlock.

Eliminating all preventable delays

A patient's journey through Kingston General Hospital can be as complex as the hospital itself, with stops at many different departments, floors and specialized units. We know patients and families want this journey to be as smooth and efficient as...