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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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KHSC is getting people home sooner after hip and knee replacement surgeries

Dr. Bob Connelly isn’t usually on the receiving end of care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). As the medical director of the pediatrics program, he usually spends his days caring for KHSC’s youngest patients. After finding out he needed...

Alex Paudyn has short, light brown hair and greenish/brown eyes. She’s wearing a dark blue t-shirt with a pin above our KHSC ID badge that says “I’ve got your back”. She’s pictured in a hallway at Kingston General Hospital.

People of KHSC: Alex Paudyn

Right above Alex Paudyn’s Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) ID badge you’ll find a pin that says “I’ve got your back” and she means every single word. As a patient care assistant with the orthopedic surgical unit, she mainly assists and sets...

Members of the club volunteered their time to hand create the wig stands, spending around three hours per stand and crafting them over the past several weeks.

Handcrafted donations aim to make a difference for patients undergoing cancer treatment

Dealing with cancer treatment and the side effects that it can lead to – including hair loss – can be a difficult time for a person to go through. Recognizing the impact that a cancer diagnosis can have on self-esteem, a local wood turners club...

Members of a multidisciplinary team participate in simulation training in KHSC's Emergency Department, testing out the recently redesigned pediatric resuscitation carts

How simulation training is improving patient care at KHSC

As the old saying goes, ‘practice makes perfect,’ but in a busy environment like Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Emergency Department (ED), simulation training is serving another very important role. “I am passionate about medical simulation...

Lindsay MacDougall is pictured inside the Well Newborn and Parent Clinic, located at Kingston General Hospital. She has short, medium brown, wavy hair and blue eyes. She's wearing a bright pink, button down blouse.

People of KHSC: Lindsay MacDougall

To say Lindsay MacDougall adores being a midwife would be the understatement of the year. Even after 17 years in the field, her passion for the profession is still going strong. “I’m so proud of the work midwives do in our community and at KHSC. I...

A collaboration between radiology and cardiology is helping patients who may be at risk for heart disease receive timely and efficient care closer to home.

Radiology and Cardiology at KHSC team up to provide patient care closer to home

A collaboration between radiology and cardiology is helping patients who may be at risk for heart disease receive timely and efficient care closer to home. With a unified goal of providing the best patient care possible, both departments committed to...

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Queen’s and KHSC launch clinical trial of psilocybin therapy to treat alcohol use disorder

Researchers at Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will soon begin recruiting patients to study the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapy for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). The Phase 2b clinical trial...

A volunteer visits a patient at KHSC

CAREing volunteers create meaningful interactions with elderly patients

After three-years impacted by COVID-19, more and more volunteers are beginning to return to action at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), and a new volunteer role is demonstrating kindness and generosity for patients experiencing loneliness. CARE...

Ronnie Lott is pictured standing inside one of the operating rooms at the KGH site. He has blue eyes and is wearing blue scrubs, a scrub hat and mask.

People of KHSC: Ronnie Lott

If you’ve ever watched a motorsport you’ve probably seen a pit crew leap into action. It’s a race against the clock as they’re making repairs, changing tires and refueling. Ronnie Lott is part of a pit crew of his own at Kingston Health Sciences...