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The Ontario Tumour Bank (OTB) is celebrating a milestone. It's now banked samples from more than 10,000 donors and Kingston General Hospital is a big part of that success. Since the program began at our hospital in 2005, over 1,700 donors from Kingst...
This National Volunteer Week, we’re thrilled to shine a light on the heart of KHSC — our extraordinary volunteers.
After seven years as the President and CEO of Kingston General Hospital, Leslee Thompson is saying goodbye this month to KGH. She starts her new role as the CEO of Accreditation Canada on February 1. To help celebrate her many accomplishments, two...
Home to one of the country's top 40 research hospitals and a world-renowned university, Kingston has long been recognized as an important centre for health research in Canada. That reputation is reaching new heights with the opening of the W.J...
In a big and busy hospital like Kingston General Hospital, it's not easy for front line staff to get away from their areas to attend the traditional "town hall" sessions with the CEO, and most people don't like speaking their mind and asking pro
Dr. Daren Heyland and his research team at the Kingston General Hospital Clinical Evaluation Research Unit (CERU) received a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to advance research into meeting the nutrition needs of high risk...
It is estimated that in 2020 about 1,350 women in Canada will be diagnosed with cervical cancer, and about 410 will die from the disease. The most effective way to find cervical cancer early, when treatment is most effective, is with regular pap...
Two years ago, Kingston Health Sciences Centre's (KHSC) medicine program experienced a significant spike in the number of people admitted to its Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site with conditions related to opioid addiction. "We were overwhelmed...
More and more, people are putting aside the pens and paper in our emergency department to jump onto nearby computer terminals instead. Phase two of the Emergency Department Information System, or EDIS, has just gone live at Kingston General Hospital...
A trip to the hospital can be an experience filled with stress and uncertainty. But for some of the youngest people we care for, the experience can be downright scary. Thats' where KGH's Child Life Specialists come in. "We're always tr
