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Getting a newborn to breastfeed can certainly be an exhausting and anxious time for everyone involved. Now, a research project is hoping to help out new mothers at KGH. The goal is to create a few sets of guidelines for use across our hospital, and...
Researchers and doctors at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen's University are celebrating the completion of a $2.5 million facility that offers unique, "X-ray vision" insights into the biomechanics of nearly any joint in the human body. While...
This year, more than ever, our health care system is relying on RTs. As frontline workers, they have played important roles behind the front lines of the pandemic forcing RTs into new territory like never before. "Pre-pandemic, a typically busy day...
The city road construction project is entering a new phase. Work crews put new asphalt down on George and Okill Streets last week officially wrapping up work in that area. Meanwhile, things are also beginning to take shape out front of the hospital...
It's as sure a sign as any that spring has arrived. Construction crews have taken over Okill Street as they prepare to begin the second phase of the City of Kingston's project to replace the roads and sewers around Kingston General Hospital. The work...
Roger Deeley, President of the Kingston General Hospital Research Institute and Vice-Dean, Research, Queen's Faculty of Health Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Peer-selected fellowship in the Royal Society is one of...
It may seem like a small part of the overall care we provide for our patients, but a hospital identification band is one of the most important tools we have to keep our patients safe. That's why KGH is launching an education blitz to remind our staff...
Beginning a conversation with patients diagnosed with a progressive life-limiting illness is challenging, distressing and unsettling for the patient, their family, caregivers and health care providers. However, having these conversations has been...
It's been just over three months since we shared the news that Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital had agreed to integrate and create a new academic health sciences centre. Since then, teams at both hospitals have been focused on the...
This year's Simulation Olympics were a bigger event than ever. Nineteen teams and 85 participants competed last week. The action took place over three days at the Clinical Simulation Centre in the new Queen's School of Medicine building. Over 25
