Discharge bags ease the road to recovery for patients transferred to KHSC for COVID-19 critical care

Many out-of-region patients heading homewards wrapped in a little extra Kingston love.

After unexpectedly travelling hundreds of kilometres by land or air to Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) for critical care, many out-of-region patients with COVID-19 are now heading homewards, thankful for better health and wrapped in a little extra Kingston love.

The love comes in...

Victoria Day long-weekend marks start of ‘trauma season’

KHSC expert urges caution as the number of trauma cases expected to increase over the summer

In Eastern Ontario, the Victoria Day long weekend serves as the unofficial start to the summer season. However, as many start to hit the highways to head to cottages; or take their ATVs, motorcycles, bikes and boats out for a spin, it also is the beginning of what KHSC’s medical experts call ‘...

‘He lives for us, and we live for him’

One Toronto-area family’s journey with a loved one hospitalized at KHSC with COVID-19

When Penny Tasevski was asked to describe her father-in-law Aleko Tasevski before he fell critically ill with COVID-19, her voice cracked. “He lives for us [his family], and before he was hospitalized he made my day, every single day.”

Penny has been a part of the Tasevski family for...

‘They saved my life’

COVID-19 patient transferred to KHSC ICU shares his story

The numbers are well documented, but can still be staggering.

Over the course of the last year more than a million Canadians have tested positive for COVID-19; nearly 25,000 have died.

In Ontario, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are bursting at the seams; at times, more than 800...

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People of KHSC: Yessica Rivera Belsham

News / General

June 21st, 2021

As June 21 marks National Indigenous People’s Day and Solstice – the longest day of the year, Nursing Support Assistant Yessica Rivera Belsham recognizes the importance of coming together to celebrate Mother Earth, our culture, our languages, and our traditions across Turtle Island.

“My heart is with the people in Northern Ontario...Read more

Art work supports cultural safety and familiarity for patients

News / Mental Health Care

June 18th, 2021

By Gary Buffett

“I am happy to report that the artwork is finally up on the Burr 4 Mental Health & Addictions Unit and it looks fantastic,” says Melanie Darling, Program Manager Child & Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health & Addiction Program. “The idea for the paintings began when Spiritual Health Practitioner James Graham...Read more

People of KHSC: Nicholas Axas

News / General

June 16th, 2021

Celebrating his authentic self is something Nicholas Axas believes in doing every day, not just during Pride Month in June. Ditto, he says, for his workplace at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), where he serves as operational director of the mental health and addiction care program.

“Part of the reason...Read more

People of KHSC: Karen van Wylick

News / General

May 26th, 2021

By John Pereira

While many members of the Kingston community had to dial back on work, or work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, KHSC’s Karen van Wylick did the exact opposite. After spending several years away from the organization to raise her children, van Wylick took the pandemic as an opportunity to...Read more