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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 Emergency Department ramp renovations are complete and access to the deparmtent via King St. West restored.

October 27, 2015

KGH Emergency ramp now open

Construction work on the ramp leading up to the Emergency Department at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) has ended, and the entrance to the Emergency Department has returned to its regular location as of 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday October 28. The...

Dr. Archer with his colleagues in the lab

October 8, 2015

Foundational research in heart-lung function recognized with $500,000 gift

KINGSTON, ON -- Groundbreaking research by KGHRI clinician scientist Dr. Stephen Archer was celebrated today with the opening of the William J. Henderson Laboratory, home of the Archer Laboratory Program on Cardiovascular Sciences and Mitochondrial...

Construction crews remove the pavement from the KGH emergency ramp

October 7, 2015

ED ramp repairs continue

Work to repave our cracked and worn Emergency Department ramp is now well underway. The ramp is expected to be closed for another three weeks while crews lay new asphalt and install a new pavement heating system to prevent ice build up. During this...

UHKF launches their campaign to raise funds for Kingston hospitals

October 7, 2015

UHKF launches major new fundraising campaign

Keep your eyes peeled for new billboards, banners, and posters around our hospital. The University Kingston Hospitals Foundation (UHKF) has just unveiled its latest big campaign to support KGH, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Providence Care. It’s theme is...

Liz Withers from Ryan's Case for Smiles celebrates the donation of the charity's one millionth pillowcase at KGH

September 24, 2015

Colourful pillowcases bring smiles to pediatric patients

An international charitable organization marked a big milestone at Kingston General Hospital last week. Liz Withers from Ryan’s Case for Smiles visited the KGH Pediatrics Department to celebrate the donation of the organization’s millionth pillowcase...

Emergency Department traffic will soon be temporarily directed to the Armstrong wing entrance.

September 21, 2015

KGH emergency ramp getting repairs

The KGH Emergency Department ramp on King Street W. is in need of a little TLC. This long-standing infrastructure project is moving ahead thanks to funds made available through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Health Infrastructure Renewal...

Tim Hortons coffee, tea and capuccino is now served in the Burr wing

September 15, 2015

New Tim Hortons location in Burr Wing

The Centre Cup coffee kiosk in the Cancer Centre has just gone through a transformation. It has now reopened as a new Tim Hortons location.The switchover brings the company’s beverages and baked goods to the lobby of the Burr wing for the first time...

A roller flattens hot, fresh asphalt on Stuart Street in front of the Watkins wing entrance.

September 2, 2015

City road construction almost complete

The construction work on the roads around Kingston General Hospital is now rolling closer to the finish line. Work crews have finished installing new water and sewer pipes underground and, at the surface level, they have poured new sidewalks and...

Dr. Daren Heyland

August 28, 2015

KGHRI Intensive care specialist receives $5.7 million to study burn injury treatment

An intensive care physician with the Kingston General Hospital Research Institute has been awarded $5.7 million to study the use of glutamine on patients with severe burns. Dr. Daren Heyland is lead investigator in the five-year study, which will...