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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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(From left) Rachael Smith-Tryon, Manager of Admitting, Registration and Switchboard and Kellie Kitchen, Program Operational Director for OBS/GYN/PEDS/SPA, have a quick meeting as part of the daily huddles

KGH officially out of gridlock

Our hospital’s longest ever gridlock is now officially over, thanks to the big improvements in patient flow we’ve seen over the past few weeks. “This is an important achievement everyone at Kingston General Hospital can take immense pride in,” says...

A Kingston Transit bus stops at one of the new shelters outside of KGH

Kingston Transit improves bus service to KGH

Pretty soon, you’ll be seeing a lot more of the blue Kingston Transit express buses running on the streets around Kingston General Hospital. Starting May 4, Transit will add two new express routes to serve the hospital. Building on the success of the...

An example of a PulsePoint alert on a smartphone

Life-saving app launches in Kingston

A new mobile phone app has been launched in Kingston with a goal of saving the lives of people who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. Kingston is the first community in Canada to introduce PulsePoint – a free app that is already...

Pulsepoint App

Life-saving app launches in Kingston

A new mobile phone app has been launched in Kingston with a goal of saving the lives of people who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. Kingston is the first community in Canada to introduce PulsePoint – a free app that is already...

One of the old beds on Connell 10 that's to set to be replaced by the end of this month.

New hospital beds rolling into KGH

They may not be the most glamorous piece of hospital equipment, but that’s not stopping the excitement from building about the arrival of many new patient care beds. The new High-Low beds are called the Advanta 2 and Kingston General Hospital (KGH)...

The big cheque: Kinsmen Dream Home Vice President Ryan Hanes presents a $115,000 donation from last year's lottery.

Dream Home Lottery benefits KGH

The Kinsmen club of Kingston has once again donated proceeds from their Dream Home lottery to Kingston General Hospital. Last week Ryan Hanes, vice-president for the 2015 Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery announced that $115,000 from last year’s lottery...

Daily huddles by managers and other staff are a key part of our ‘Get Out Of Gridlock’ efforts.

February 24, 2015

Gridlock project picks top priorities

You may have noticed huddles in our halls, or heard the term ‘GOOG’ being used around the building lately. It’s all part of KGH’s renewed efforts to improve patient flow and end our current code gridlock by the end of March. When Kingston General...

Pete Graf with WSI Sign Systems will be busy over the next week installing new wayfinding signs on levels 0 and 1.

February 24, 2015

New wayfinding signs now being installed around KGH

One of the most important parts of KGH’s Wayfinding project is rolling out this week – the actual interior signage. A crew from WSI Sign Systems Ltd., are making their way across the hospital putting up the interior signage that will help direct...

Community stakeholders and media gather for the energy savings event

February 20, 2015

Energy retrofit saves money for KGH

Despite having some of the oldest hospital facilities in Canada, KGH was recognized last week for our work to become one of the most energy efficient. MPP Sophie Kiwala as well as visitors from Utilities Kingston and the Independant Electricity...