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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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Nate Boles

People of KHSC - Nate Boles

While many of us are still abed at 4:30 a.m. on these muggy summer mornings, Nate Boles is already on deck at our Hotel Dieu Hospital site, turning on the taps to give hundreds of thirsty plants a long drink before the heat of the day strikes. The...

The Ocean eReferral Network allows primary care providers to securely send electronic referrals in real-time while helping keep patients informed on the status of this referral

New technology helps connect doctors and patients directly into Diagnostic Imaging

A new platform will now help make tracking referrals into the Diagnostic Imaging (DI) department at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) a lot easier for both patients and primary care providers. Known as the Ocean eReferral Network, this...

Dr. Mona Sawhney

Nurse-scientist wins KGHRI Prize in Queen’s Art of Research competition

The KGH Research Institute is pleased to recognize Dr. Mona Sawhney as the winner of the KGHRI Fifth Anniversary Prize in Queen’s University’s 2020 Art of Research Competition. Dr. Sawhney, a Kingston Health Sciences Centre nurse-scientist and nurse...

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Emergency Medicine reaches out to help feed our community

Our mission of caring for others and each other at Kingston Health Sciences Centre has never been stronger in these difficult days of COVID-19. Living that mission beyond our walls has sparked a generous pledge by our Emergency Medicine program to a...

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Queen’s funds COVID studies by KGHRI and KHSC clinician scientists and researchers

Five clinician-scientists and researchers associated with the Kingston General Health Research Institute and Kingston Health Sciences Centre are among 13 recipients of Queen’s University’s Rapid Response funding competition supporting COVID-19...

Collage of researchers: Paula James, David Maslove, Michael Rauh, Martin Petkovich, Jacob Rullo & Martin tenHove

KHSC, KGHRI and Queen’s research teams target causes, effects and treatments for COVID-19

Modifying existing antiviral drugs for better outcomes and revealing the mechanisms of a mysterious blood clotting syndrome are among six new COVID-19 research projects being pursued by researchers and clinician scientists at Kingston Health Sciences...

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So close from so far away: the power of virtual visiting

As COVID-19 continues to separate patients and loved ones due to hospital visiting restrictions, Elizabeth Leonard found a way to be with her dying mother, a crucial and profound time that the virus did not steal from her thanks to the power of...

Covid Lab Work

Queen’s-KHSC team develop in-house COVID-19 test

Researchers from Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen’s University have developed an in-house Coronavirus test that increases testing capacity and provides faster results. Testing is key to managing the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the costs of...

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All sewn up: Community group wraps up fabric mask project supporting KHSC patients

Patients coming to Kingston Health Sciences Centre for outpatient care now have access to brightly-colourful fabric masks thanks to the generosity of community members who stitched up 4150 face masks over the last two months. While not considered...