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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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Physiotherapy at KHSC

Research focuses on novel approach to physiotherapy

The worlds of physiotherapy and psychology might seem unrelated. However, one physiotherapist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) wants to find out if blending the two fields can lead to better patient care. Kyle Vader has worked in the Chronic...

Dr. Boyd and Cathy MacGillivary lead the post discharge clinic at KHSC

Post ICU discharge clinic recognized with prestigious award

An innovative clinic for patients of the ICU at Kingston Health Sciences Centre was recently recognized with an international award for its work in helping patients transition from the ICU back to their homes and community. Known as the THRIVE Post...

Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri in the operating rooms at our KGH site

KHSC joins international study looking at aortic valve surgery

Patients with aortic valve disease have a new option for treatment at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. The treatment approach, first used at Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site in 2016, involves a keyhole...

Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri

KHSC joins international study assessing new approach to aortic valve surgery

Patients with aortic valve disease have a new option for treatment at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. The new approach, first used at KHSC’s Kingston General Hospital site in December 2016, uses a sutureless valve and keyhole surgery to replace a...

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KHSC accredited in first year of integration

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has been successfully accredited by Accreditation Canada, signaling our success as a newly integrated organization in achieving almost 98 per cent compliance with close to 3,000 criteria for providing safe, high...

KHSC volunteer Dave Canty

Blues times two: OPP officer does double duty as KHSC volunteer

Dave Canty is no stranger to wearing blue after 28 years with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and now three years as a volunteer at the KGH site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre. For him, the colour serves one simple but important purpose: it’s...

Andra Fawcett

Helping researchers find out the “whys”

Andra Fawcett survived a major stroke in her early 50s. As she continues her progress to full mobility, she is also taking part in research using the KINARM, a game-changing robotic technology developed at Queen’s University and used in all three of...

Jim Anfield was one of four donors recognized at the Living Kidney Donor ceremony

Inaugural ceremony recognizes donors from the Living Kidney Donor Program

In a conference room full of patients, families and health-care providers, a hush falls over the crowd as one by one special guests are called to the podium and presented with a medal and certificate honouring them for a selfless act. This ceremony...

Dr. Mark Bona (left) and a patient in the Vision Rehabilitation Clinic at the HDH site: the use of visual aids/technologies such as tablets to improve the person's ability to function independently.

Service aims to boost quality of life for people with vision loss

A first-of-its-kind model of care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has the potential to be life-changing for individuals with vision loss that is untreatable medically, surgically or with standard eyeglasses. The South East Ontario Vision...