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Kingston General Hospital is on a journey to put our patients at the centre of everything we do. To support staff and physicians who have been asking for tools to help them provide patient- and family-centred care, work is now underway to create some...
Pride Month may be in June, but there’s a special group of people at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) spreading 2SLGBTQIA+ love all year round. Meet the Pride Staff Community Group. With 35 members, the group is celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+...
To celebrate ten years of local art at the KGH site Art Gallery, members of the hospital’s Art Committee invited members of the KHSC community to submit up to two original pieces for a lively and diverse showcase.
KHSC's Critical Care Program is embracing a new way of helping to deliver patient- and family-centred care. As of this month, nurses in the program are carrying out standardized patient bedside handovers. "We hear from our families and patients that...
The first of its kind in the region, KHSC's new PET-CT scanner means that fewer patients will have to travel to Ottawa or Toronto for crucial imaging that can detect diseases earlier and improve treatment outcomes.
Cancer patients at Kingston General Hospital are now benefitting from a new high-tech treatment option. The Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (CCSEO) at KGH has acquired a new state-of-the-art radiation therapy machine that provides specialized...
It's common for patients in need of critical care to experience some loss of muscle strength during their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). Unfortunately, even if the patient was strong and mobile before their illness or injury, this can cause...
As soon as you walk into Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Davies 5 unit, you notice how different the atmosphere is compared to other hospital units.
Brown hallway walls have been painted bright blue and unnecessary hospital signage has...
Two 2024 Elaine and Michael Davies Award for Innovation winners have each received $25,000 in funding for innovative ideas that lead to improved patient outcomes and more efficient systems of care.
Over the course of the pandemic, there has been one question about the COVID-19 virus that has continued to resurface. Why does the virus seem to more seriously affect certain patients more than others? Researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre...
