Nearly five years to the day since Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) staff gathered in City Park to mark the official creation of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), they gathered again today to mark KHSC’s fifth anniversary.
“At the time we planted a tree, between our...Read more
As March comes to an end, so too does Pharmacy Appreciation Month a national campaign that shines a spotlight a department that often works in the background, but has a crucial role in delivering patient care.
KHSC Pharmacist William Lickley has only been in Kingston working at our HDH site...Read more
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has joined a growing list of hospitals across the country that are making efforts to better utilize Canada’s blood supply, recently achieving the ‘Using Blood Wisely’ national designation.
To join the initiative, hospitals must meet or surpass key benchmarks for four consecutive months to demonstrate...Read more
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will be able to provide dialysis care to a larger number of patients, closer to home, thanks to a major donation announced today by the Provincial Government.
Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp and Robin Martin, Parliamentary Assistant to Health Minister Christine Elliott, visited KHSC’s...Read more
With large St. Patrick’s Day celebrations expected tomorrow, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has put plans in place to support an increase in patient demand. However, due to already high patient volumes, KHSC is urging everyone who plans on attending these events to celebrate safely.
“Although this is the first...Read more
With large St. Patrick’s Day celebrations expected tomorrow, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has put plans in place to support an increase in patient demand. However, due to already high patient volumes, KHSC is urging everyone who plans on attending these events to celebrate safely.
“Although this is the first...Read more
Robin Robertson never thought she would end up “on the other side” of her addiction and mental health issues. Now 12 years sober and recently hired as the administrative assistant for the Mental Health and Addictions Care (MHAC) program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, she is bent on removing one...Read more
Their exemplary skill in infusing every patient interaction with caring, respect and collaboration has earned Nurse Practitioner Kristine Canty and Medical Oncologist Dr. Christopher Booth the 2021 Exceptional Healer Awards at Kingston Health Sciences Centre.
The Awards honour nurses, physicians and allied health professionals across our two hospital sites who are innovative...Read more
The first patients have now been welcomed through Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) new Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) facility, a state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot complex that will serve patients from across the region.
The facility, located in Kingston’s east-end on John Marks Avenue, brings together breast imaging services and procedures...Read more
Dressed in a yellow personal protective equipment gown, nurse Curtis Gray likes to laugh with the patients he sees in the Urgent Care Centre (UCC) about them having a banana for their nurse.
“I believe laughter and humour have a place in medicine. Even when people come to the hospital...Read more
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