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After months of behind the scenes planning, the shovels will be in the ground next week as the City of Kingston begins its road construction project around Kingston General Hospital in early July. Taggart Construction will be on site for the two-year...
The annual Relay for Life is now out of the starting blocks. This year, the Canadian Cancer Society is teaming up with the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) and KGH for the all-night affair. The 12-hour fundraising event kicks off at 7...
A sizeable crowd turned on Nov. 10, 2011 for our hospital's first KGH Connect event. The topic of the evening was "Patients Know Best" and who better to speak to it than four of our Patient Experience Advisors. Each took a turn explaining why they be...
Thousands of Queen's University students will be moving into residences around campus this weekend. As a result on Sunday, Sept. 4 a number of streets in the area will be closed or reduced to one lane, and Kingston Transit buses will not stop at...
KHSC’s mobility team is made up of 41 casual students who power up and go to work on all surgical and medical units and in the emergency department to help patients with routine movements needed for activities such as toileting, getting dressed...
It's not unusual for 83-year old Barbara Pusch to venture out on a long bike ride -it's actually her goal to ride at least 10,000 kilometres each year. Unfortunately, Barbara's cycling season was cut short two weeks ago when she was hit by a vehicle...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Rose of Hope Tournament and, once again, the women of the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club have chosen to raise funds in support of the programs which support cancer care at the Kingston Health Sciences...
Anyone sitting in the Atrium space and reflecting out the window will have noticed a striking transformation. The hillside view has had a makeover -- gone are the unsightly weeds and exposed plastic retaining structure and in its place freshly...
You may have noticed huddles in our halls, or heard the term 'GOOG' being used around the building lately. It's all part of KGH's renewed efforts to improve patient flow and end our current code gridlock by the end of March. When Kingston General...
For frail and elderly individuals, brain bleeds caused by falling are a major health risk. For some, there's also a risk of misdiagnosis, because the symptoms of a brain bleed (most commonly a subdural hematoma) can be mistaken for age-related...
