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Kingston General Hospital (KGH) President and CEO Leslee Thompson was one of 20 women honoured with the Facing Cancer Together Award of Honour for her commitment to empowering women with cancer by helping to pioneer the Look Good Feel Better (LGFB)...
A key success factor in helping people manage disease is time: taking the time to understand patients' unique symptoms, explaining what activities to avoid, and providing plenty of opportunities for questions to be answered. Time is what Kingston...
A new weapon is on the way to help in the ongoing battle against dangerous bacteria. After much study and consultation, a new antibiotic stewardship program is being created. "Our main goal is simply to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics in...
One of our main hallways has a bold new look, thanks to the 11 original pieces of art now lining the corridor. The paintings are all by local artist Tim De Rose and they will be on display in the Kidd 1 hallway until October 20. Each piece is a bold...
It has only been a year since the Kingston hospitals Staff Lottery was launched, but it is already paying off big for our patients. So far, the lottery run by the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) has raised $42,000 for patient care...
Just mention the new Breast Imaging Kingston Centre and the excitement among the team is palpable. Slated to begin opening early in the New Year, the new Breast Imaging Kingston Centre will be a cutting edge clinical facility off of Highway 15 in the...
For patients with kidney failure who decide to not have dialysis or a kidney transplant, a new clinic to help support them in their care journey has now opened at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Known as the Conservative Care clinic, this model of...
A new team approach is helping hospital staff better address the needs of patients in Kingston Health Sciences' KGH Emergency Department who don't need to be hospitalized but have challenges to be addressed before going home. "It's made a massive...
Dr. Nazanin Alavi had been working as a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto for a few years when the opportunity to return to KHSC and Queen's University presented itself - an opportunity Dr. Alavi knew she couldn't...
With just few words into a microphone, the action begins in the Simulation Lab on Douglas 3. On this day, a nurse and a paramedic are teaming up with a resident to try to resuscitate a pediatric mannequin. Dr. Damon Dagnone is one of the instructors...
