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The Cardiac Procedures Unit is where over 4,000 life-changing tests and procedures are performed each year, and along with the rest of the Cardiac program at KHSC, it is the only one of its kind in southeastern Ontario.
With temperatures rising over the next few days, and a severe heat warning now in place, KHSC has put into place its extreme heat protocol to help protect vulnerable populations. The protocol is triggered when a heat warning is put in place in the...
One of the strategies to help navigate staffing shortages in nursing and other key roles such as patient care assistants (PCAs) and medical technologists - that were challenges for most Canadian hospitals before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that the...
A lot has changed since Ontario's Ventilator Equipment Pool (VEP) first opened its doors 25 years ago: if you wanted to use the internet you had to dial-up using a phone line, which would have made the real-time online interactive education sessions...
Andra Fawcett survived a major stroke in her early 50s. As she continues her progress to full mobility, she is also taking part in research using the KINARM, a game-changing robotic technology developed at Queen's University and used in all three of...
Kingstonian Kristen Jones has been followed by Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) cardiologists since she was diagnosed, at two years old, with a bicuspid aortic valve. It's a congenital condition that means she was born with an aortic valve with...
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...
Over the next few weeks various patient and retail services at both the HDH and KGH sites of Kingston Health Sciences Centre will be running on reduced and/or slightly changed hours. Please make note of the following changes: Urgent and Emergency...
Our hospital's efforts to go green are now paying off. Just last week, Kingston General Hospital cashed a cheque for $172,166.50 as part of a rebate generated by our partnership with Honeywell Canada to reduce our energy use. The cheque came from Uti...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has partnered with the Street Health Centre (SHC) and the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) to bring innovative ultrasound services where it is needed most for vulnerable populations in Kingston...
