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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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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...

A surcial equipment supplier standing in the OR

Vendors now joining staff in wearing photo ID badges

A new group of people is about to start sporting photo ID around Kingston General Hospital. As of July 1, all of our vendors will also be required to wear badges when they are in the hospital - joining our staff, physicians, learners and volunteers...

Some of the new exterior sign will light up at night for better visibility around the clock.

Bright new signs now surround KGH

Soon, new signs will be all around us at Kingston General Hospital. Over the next week, KGH's signage contractor will be installing new exterior signs in several strategic spots around our big hospital block. There are 14 of them in total, and seven...

Physician Dr. Paul Dungey (centre) jumps on a computer in the KGH Emergency department to do some electronic charting.

Doctors now charting electronically in Emergency Dept.

The latest phase of the Emergency Department Information System ( EDIS) has just rolled out here at Kingston General Hospital and at Hotel Dieu Hospital. This time, it is physicians and residents who are putting aside their pens and paper to chart...

Auxiliary member Alice Roberston sells HELPP lottery tickets.

KGH Auxiliary raises more big money

Take just a few steps into the our main lobby and you will soon see the Kingston General Hospital Auxiliary hard at work - brewing coffee and making sandwiches in the café, selling flowers and other pick-me-ups in the Gift Shop, and running the HELPP...