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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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ICU blood transfusions down nearly 50 per cent

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is working to make sure patients keep as much of their blood as possible with a common-sense approach that has reduced blood transfusions by 46 per cent in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). KHSC’s new blood...

Dr. Omar Islam stands next to the Swoop Portable MRI

February 13, 2025

Discovery at KHSC: Dr. Omar Islam

In a bustling conference hall in 2019, Dr. Omar Islam came across a groundbreaking innovation that would, in just a few years' time, revolutionize medical imaging in remote communities. "They were in a tiny corner of this massive conference hall...

Dr. David Pichora with portable MRI

January 29, 2025

Donation of portable MRI will help improve ICU care and reduce MRI & CT wait times

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is now only the second hospital in Ontario to have a portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for clinical use in its Intensive Care Unit (ICU), thanks to the generosity of donor Stephen Sorensen who...

Portrait of Detox client Simon Cashman

January 24, 2025

This is the place where addiction recovery begins

A person could turn to substances for any number of reasons. In Simon Cashman’s case, it was an inability to cope with the many changes and stressors in his life. “A lot of things have driven me to use – people passing away that I’ve cared about...

mobility team

January 21, 2025

Go Go Mobility Team!

Ruth Woodman calls them the ‘Power Rangers.’ But there’s no morphin’ time here. These students’ superpowers are intuition and empathy, and they are armed with time. Soon after she was admitted to the hospital with low sodium levels, she was visited...

Khayman Wood is wearing a striped shirt and sits in a chair holding an open notebook, engaging in a conversation with a woman. The woman, partially visible from the back, holds a notebook and gestures with her hand. A computer monitor and laptop are visible on a desk in the background.

January 17, 2025

People of KHSC: Khayman Wood

Building a trusting relationship, grounded in compassion, respect and understanding, is a top priority for Khayman Wood. You see, the patients and families he supports are living with substance use disorders. Wood is Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s...

Medical residents work on an inpatient unit at KHSC

January 15, 2025

Using education to solve health system pressures

As one of Canada's leading academic hospitals, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) plays a critical role in the country's health care system, not only providing advanced patient care but also fostering the education and development of future...

Cheque presentation with Tom Zsolnay, Jason Hann, Sebastian Rodríguez-Llamazares, Greg Davies, and Darcy Woods-Fournier

January 10, 2025

Davies Award for Innovation supports projects to improve kidney transplants and cancer care

Two 2024 Elaine and Michael Davies Award for Innovation winners have each received $25,000 in funding for innovative ideas that lead to improved patient outcomes and more efficient systems of care. Dr. Tom Skinner, a Kingston Health Sciences Centre...

Dr. James in her research lab

December 11, 2024

KHSC named one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for 13th consecutive year

For the 13th year in a row, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and its research institute, the Kingston General Health Research Institute (KGHRI), have been named one of Canada’s Top 40 research hospitals by Research Infosource. This year, KHSC...