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Congratulations to Lisa and Garth for their commitment to patient-and-family-centred care. Their humility, contagious positive energy, and good sense of humour make a significant difference to their patient's health care journey.
World-renowned quality improvement strategists impressed by KGH When Kingston General Hospital CEO Leslee Thompson and Medicine Program Operational Director Richard Jewitt participated in a course at Intermountain Medical Center in Utah recently...
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...
If a health care professional at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has provided you with excellent patient- and family-centred care, now is your chance to nominate that person for an Exceptional Healer Award. KHSC invites patients, family...
Palliative care and end-of-life issues have been headline news recently. Our aging population and the resulting strain on our health care system are raising questions about how and where we provide care. The proposed medically assisted dying bill has...
The outbreak of Influenza at KGH has been declared over. However, influenza is still present within our region. Family members and visitors to patients are asked to delay their visit if you they have had a fever within the last 72 hours or are...
A new joint study by a clinician-researcher at Kingston General Hospital and the University of Calgary aims to create a framework to assist intensive care physicians in partnering with patient's families, to enable and empower them as advocates and...
Patients, visitors and staff at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) got a real surprise when they looked out of their windows earlier this week. Suspended in mid-air were Batman, Superman, Spiderman and friends coming down the side of the hospital...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has implemented the next phase of its COVID-19 staged de-escalation plan. Universal masking will no longer be mandatory in the Emergency Department (ED), Children's Outpatient Clinic (COPC) or the Urgent Care...
