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Patients in Southeastern Ontario on a specific type of chemotherapy are now benefiting from a novel approach to treatment and are receiving their care closer to home. Known as Vidaza, this injectable treatment is used for certain types of bone marrow...
When patients are admitted to our hospital, they will now be handed a new tool to use during their stay.
A new initiative out of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario is helping patients stay out of the hospital and receive their chemotherapy treatment at home. Known as the Chemotherapy at Home program, this initiative allows patients who require...
The Exceptional Healer: Patient-and Family-Centred Care Excellence Award is presented to two health care professionals at KHSC each year who demonstrate the core concepts of patient- and family-centred care in exceptional ways while providing direct...
Located on the tenth floor of our Kidd-Davies wing, the view from Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Pediatrics Unit is normally hard to beat. But, it got even better on July 25, as our young patients were greeted by a team of superheroes who jumped...
Nov. 24, 2016 There's a disconnect between patients' and families' stated values about end of life, and the medical treatments they choose when the time comes to make those hard decisions, says a new study by a Kingston General Hospital critical care...
Volunteering duo, Julie Halle and her fox-red Labrador retriever Doc, have been making a paw-sitive impact at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) by bringing comfort, care and even a few cuddles to patients, families and staff with therapy dog...
Right above Alex Paudyn's Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) ID badge you'll find a pin that says "I've got your back" and she means every single word. As a patient care assistant with the orthopedic surgical unit, she mainly assists and sets...
Less than two years ago, Andreea Bocicariu was an occupational therapy student walking into KHSC on a placement while completing her master’s degree. Today, she’s a hand therapist at our Orthopedics and Plastics Clinic, specializing in upper-limb...
Every shift, Anne Vincent makes her rounds to about half a dozen units at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). As a medical laboratory technologist for point-of-care testing, part of her role includes making sure care teams are set up for success...
