While the new name, Transitional Support Unit, helps patients and families better understand the type of care that is provided on Connell 3 – care and support for people who will transition from hospital to living environments that best meet their needs – it does not begin to describe the...Read more
Heading up a ladder to wrap a few festive lights around your favourite 20-foot spruce? Or to get started on a dazzling Clark Griswold light display? Consider this first: installing holiday lights can be hazardous to your health. It can even be deadly.
Dr. Wiley Chung, a thoracic surgeon and trauma team...Read more
Just two and half years old, Athena has already spent 541 days of her young life in hospital but it hardly shows on the bright-eyed, energetic little girl who has benefited from excellent pediatric care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre.
Born three months prematurely, Athena spent her first days in...Read more
Every year, approximately 428,000 fluid infusions are started and utilized across KHSC to deliver life-saving medications or other nutrients to patients in need. Central to the reliable delivery of these fluids is a fleet of over 1,600 Alaris infusion and syringe pumps.
“Syringe pumps are an essential tool that we...Read more