Welcome to KHSC
Southeastern Ontario’s largest acute-care academic hospital
At Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) we care for our patients, families and each other through everyday actions, significant moments and exciting breakthroughs.
KHSC is Southeastern Ontario’s largest acute-care academic hospital. Consisting of our Hotel Dieu Hospital site, Kingston General Hospital site and the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, as well as two research institutes, we care for more than 500,000 patients and families from across our region.
As one of Kingston’s largest employers, we are home to almost 6,000 staff, more than 2,000 health care learners and 1,000 volunteers who are committed to partnering with patients and families to ensure we continually provide high quality, compassionate care.
Fully affiliated with Queen’s University we are ranked as one of Canada’s top research hospitals.
To learn more about KHSC, visit the About Us section and read our strategy for Transforming care, together.
Accessing your health care information
Looking to obtain some of your health care information?
If you are, please fax your completed and signed consent form to the KHSC Release of Information department using this fax number: 613-542-8071.
When completing your form, please clearly state what specific medical information you wish to have released and to whom you wish to have this information released to.
For more information and to download the request form please, click here.
Latest News
August 9th, 2022
Her smile is one of the first new employees with Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) are greeted with, virtually.
As the facilitator of new employee welcome, part of Akshaya Arun’s job is to make sure...
August 2nd, 2022
She may not wear a cape (yet), but Carol Foley does have some superhero strength.
As the ambulance non ambulance transfer clerk, it’s her job to make sure discharged patients or individuals leaving Kingston Health...
July 20th, 2022
One of the strategies to help navigate staffing shortages in nursing and other key roles such as patient care assistants (PCAs) and medical technologists – that were challenges for most Canadian hospitals before the COVID-19...
June 30th, 2022
It’s often said that the Emergency Department (ED) is the ‘front door to hospital care.’ In fact at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), hundreds of people come through the ED each day, totaling more than...