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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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New art brightens up the hospital's main hall

August 27, 2015

New art display at KGH

One of our main hallways has a bold new look, thanks to the 11 original pieces of art now lining the corridor. The paintings are all by local artist Tim De Rose and they will be on display in the Kidd 1 hallway until October 20. Each piece is a bold...

Kingston and the Islands MPP Sopie Kiwala announces health infrastructure renewal funding for KGH.

August 19, 2015

KGH receives new funding for infrastructure upgrades

Work will soon be getting underway to make improvements to Kingston General Hospital buildings thanks to funding announced by Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala. On Wednesday, August 19, Kiwala visited KGH to announce that the hospital would...

KGH Chief Operating Officer Jim Flett thanks Brit Smith for his donation towards a second MRI at KG

August 11, 2015

Brit Smith and Homestead Land Holdings make major donation to KGH

Patients and families in Southeastern Ontario will soon benefit from a major donation announced today at Kingston General Hospital. Britton Smith and Homestead Land Holdings have announced that they have donated $3 million for a second Magnetic...

Dave De Sousa measuring up areas outside of the Burr wing where some new non-smoking signs are going to be installed.

New signs another step towards becoming a smoke-free hospital

A new set of signs are being installed around the hospital to remind everyone not to smoke near our main entrances. They are in response to feedback from our patients and families, staff and volunteers who are concerned about the number of people who...

The overall project includes new sidewalks on the north side of Stuart Street.

Road construction project moving ahead

The city road construction project is entering a new phase. Work crews put new asphalt down on George and Okill Streets last week officially wrapping up work in that area. Meanwhile, things are also beginning to take shape out front of the hospital...

The Dietary 2 conference room is the scene of a new style of meeting where chairs are pushed aside.

A healthier kind of meeting

Meetings are a great way to bring people’s minds together, but that doesn’t mean everyone’s seat has to be planted firmly in well, a seat. As part of our hospital’s employee wellness program, one of our conference rooms is now set up to host meetings...

Artist and former patient Donna Scanlan (L) and Pediatrics Program Manager Kerri-Lee Bisonette (R) discuss the new ceiling tiles in the pediatrics unit on Kidd 10. It is one of several areas of the hospital that will benifit from the colourful works of art.

Art donation helping brighten the view

When receiving treatment at Kingston General Hospital, there are times when a patient can spend a lot of time staring up at the ceiling. Now, thanks to a new art donation, patients in several areas of the hospital will now have something more...

Contact cards like this one, will be given to all areas of the hospital so that staff can quickly access KGH's new translation service.

New translation service available at KGH

A new service has arrived at Kingston General Hospital that will make finding a translator for any language as easy as picking up the phone. On July 1, KGH introduced a new phone-in translation service called Language Line. This new service gives...

Auxiliary President Jenny Raymond (centre) hands a cheque worth just under $470,000 to KGH Board Chair Scott Carson and CEO Leslee Thompson.

KGH Auxiliary hands over another huge cheque

You can see the KGH Auxiliary hard at work to raise funds for our hospital from the moment you walk through the front door. Its members run the Auxiliary café, gift shop, tuck shop, lottery booth and hair salon, along with fundraisers such as the...