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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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Patients can now receive Vidaza injections in community hospitals across the region limiting their time spent travelling to Kingston

January 11, 2018

New chemotherapy approach helps patients receive care closer to home

Patients in Southeastern Ontario on a specific type of chemotherapy are now benefiting from a novel approach to treatment and are receiving their care closer to home. Known as Vidaza, this injectable treatment is used for certain types of bone marrow...

Staff from KHSC and Providence Care together at a job fair

January 8, 2018

Partnering to attract top talent to Kingston

In the world of healthcare, partnerships are essential to thrive and provide the best care possible, which is why Providence Care and Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) have teamed up to create a shared People Services department that spans the...

Members of the Holy Cross senior boys basketball team donate toys to pediatric patients this Christmas

December 22, 2017

Youngsters make holiday donations to support patients

During the holiday season, there’s often something special in the air. It’s the time of year when people take stock of their lives and give back to others in need. What is making this holiday season extra special is the support KHSC is receiving from...

The Kingston Frontenacs bring smiles to the faces of pediatrics patients at KHSC

December 13, 2017

Fronts brighten day for KHSC patients

The young patients in Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) inpatient Pediatric Unit received an early holiday surprise as they were visited by players from the Kingston Frontenacs on December 13. Aside from smiling for pictures and signing...

MPP Kiwala speaks with Brendan Hulme, Manager of Maintenance at our HDH site about our HVAC systems

December 8, 2017

MPP announces funding for energy saving project at KHSC

Home owners across Ontario are making small changes such as replacing lightbulbs, turning down thermostats and doing loads of laundry in off-peak hours all in an effort to become more energy efficient. The same goes for hospitals who are now...

Chemotherapy is delivered by a CADD pump which allows patients to go about their day without being confined to a bed

December 6, 2017

New program helps patients receive chemo at home

A new initiative out of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario is helping patients stay out of the hospital and receive their chemotherapy treatment at home. Known as the Chemotherapy at Home program, this initiative allows patients who require...

Underground parking garage entrance at Queen's University off Stuart Street.

November 24, 2017

Parking garage now open

Kingston Police have completed their investigation and the Queen's University parking garage located on Stuart Street has now reopened. KHSC Staff, physicians, patients and families are now once again able to park in the garage. We apologize for any...

Dr. Robert Connelly, Program Medical Director of Pediatrics at Kingston Health Sciences Centre address the crowd gathered at City Hall.

November 14, 2017

KHSC commemorates World Prematurity Day

Each year more than 15 million babies are born premature and one million of those children die as a result of complications due to their pre-term birth. On Friday, Kingston Health Sciences Centre will be taking part in World Prematurity Day to bring...

Dr. Zoltan Tataks, inventor of the iKnife receives a demo of the visual mapping technology from the Perk Lab team

November 14, 2017

Kingston teams involved in creation of new surgical technology

Every few years a new piece of technology is released that can dramatically change the way medical teams provide care to their patients. Now, Canadian surgeons and researchers have partnered with a team in the U.K. to develop a tool that will...