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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. Henry Wong, Clinical Assay Development Scientist

People of KHSC: Dr. Henry Wong

As a patient or family member, it’s likely a phrase you’ve heard, but have given little thought. “We’ve sent your sample to the lab and are running some tests.” But have you ever wondered what kind of tests they are running? Or, how do we know if the...

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Mental health unit at KHSC rolls out the welcome mat with new Security Ambassador role

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has launched a first-of-its-kind ambassador role in its Mental Health and Addiction Care (MHAC) program, a welcoming presence for patients and families that also adds an extra layer of safety for everyone in the...

Kingston Bariatric Centre of Excellence

Kingston Bariatric Centre of Excellence turns 10

Ten years ago, people living with obesity had to travel outside of southeastern Ontario to receive bariatric surgery, a variety of procedures that involve making changes to the digestive system. That was before a regional treatment and assessment...

Dr. Kathie Doliszny, Scott Kelso from 3SO, Dr. Stephen Archer and Kathy Henry from SCI Logistics.

Southeastern Ontario hospitals donate medical supplies to Ukraine

Despite being half-a-world away, six hospital organizations from southeastern Ontario have teamed up to ship much needed medical supplies to health-care teams in Ukraine. A truckload of supplies departed from Kingston over the weekend, bound first by...

Dr. Sibley

People of KHSC: Dr. Stephanie Sibley

Critical Care and Emergency Medicine doctor Stephanie Sibley witnesses firsthand the ups and downs people go through when someone is very sick. “Despite people’s devastating illnesses, they continue to have wishes even in their last days and hours of...

Kingston Health Sciences Centre eases visitor restrictions

Effective April 4, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is easing some visitor restrictions to support increased family presence for both admitted patients and those coming to the hospital for outpatient services. The revised family presence policy...

Charlie Benson

Ontario announces nearly $4.9 million in funding for the expansion of kidney care in Quinte region

Patients in the Quinte region will soon benefit from more complex kidney care closer to home thanks to new funding announced by the Provincial government today. MPP for the Bay of Quinte, Todd Smith and MPP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington Daryl...

Current and past members of the KHSC community come together in City Park to mark the fifth anniversary of KHSC.

Transforming care, together

Nearly five years to the day since Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) staff gathered in City Park to mark the official creation of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), they gathered again today to mark KHSC’s fifth...

William Lickley

People of KHSC: William Lickley

As March comes to an end, so too does Pharmacy Appreciation Month a national campaign that shines a spotlight a department that often works in the background, but has a crucial role in delivering patient care. KHSC Pharmacist William Lickley has only...