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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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Dr Jennifer Bossio, Cassie Dionne

January 24, 2023

New program delivers relief for women suffering from pelvic pain

It can be as common as migraines or back pain, but rarely talked about among those who live with it. Chronic pelvic pain - defined as pain below the bellybutton and between the hips- affects between 6% and 27% of women and can have massive impacts on...

Ralph Yeung is pictured in a hallway at the KGH site. He's wearing blue scrubs, a mask and black scrub hat.

January 23, 2023

People of KHSC: Ralph Yeung

Every shift Ralph Yeung is searching, in hopes of finding answers for Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) patients. He’s a medical radiation technologist (MRT) with the Interventional Radiology team, which diagnoses and treats patients using...

Michelle Hiebert is pictured sitting at her desk, located at the HDH site. She has shoulder-length, silver hair and is wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt.

January 16, 2023

People of KHSC: Michelle Hiebert

By day Michelle Hiebert is an executive assistant at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), but during her spare time she’s supporting a local charity and helping those less fortunate stay a little warmer. “SOCKS Kingston collects new socks for the...

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January 2, 2023

Have you experienced an exceptional health care professional at KHSC?

If a health care professional at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has provided you with excellent patient- and family-centred care, now is your chance to nominate that person for an Exceptional Healer Award. KHSC invites patients, family...

Transitional Care Unit

January 1, 2022

Standing tall at the Transitional Care Unit

Sloan’s sister Cindy Esford says his recovery “has far exceeded what we expected” since being transferred to the Transitional Care Unit (TCU). Now with 22 more beds being added to the unit for a total of 102 beds, more people like Sloan will be able...

Amanda MacInnis demonstrates the new prone breast biopsy table that helps provide better accuracy, shorter procedures and improved patient comfort for those receiving a breast mammography and biopsy.

December 21, 2022

New technology ensures patients receive state-of-the-art breast care

A new prone breast biopsy table has been recently installed at Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) that helps provide better accuracy, shorter procedures and improved patient comfort for those receiving a breast mammography and biopsy. Known as the Hologic...

Mackinnon Abrams family

December 15, 2022

Back home for the holidays

Daniel Mackinnon and Joshua Abrams’ journey to become parents wasn’t an easy one. Not only did the married couple from Ottawa spend nearly a year navigating a sometimes-complicated adoption process, but they were thrown the ultimate curveball when...

Recipients of Honour Your Caregiver gifts

December 13, 2022

'Honour Your Caregiver' this holiday season

This holiday season, in lieu of gifts and food, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Providence Care and the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) are asking patients, residents, clients, and families to consider thanking a caregiver or...

Stéphane Bois has short, salt and pepper hair. He’s wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt and mask. He’s picture inside the Clinical Engineering department at the Kingston General Hospital site.

December 12, 2022

People of KHSC: Stéphane Bois

Hospitals are filled with tens of thousands of pieces of equipment. If something breaks or doesn’t work right, it could dramatically impact patient care. That’s where Stéphane Bois comes in. The senior biomedical technologist is part of a problem...