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Outside the chapel in the Kidd 2 hallway of the Kingston General Hospital site, there is a special glass wall that changes a little bit every year. Known as the Organ and Tissue Donor Memorial Wall, it recognizes those who pursued the opportunity to...

Forty-six minutes into her first shift in the labour and delivery (L&D), Registered Nurse (RN) Charlene Linklater had already watched a childbirth, an intrauterine resuscitation due to fetal distress and--a first for her--manual removal of the...

Over the telephone Matt Green can talk you through delivering a baby, performing CPR or preventing someone from choking to death. He starts by answering your 911 call for an ambulance but he could end up saving the life of someone you love. An...

Expect to see some adorable new faces around Kingston General Hospital next week. A few hundred plush teddy bears have arrived in preparation for the annual Auxiliary Teddy Bear Campaign that kicks off next week in the Watkins lobby. "The teddies are...

Have an extra coat in your closet? With colder days just around the corner, your donation of a gently used winter coat could help to keep someone much warmer this coming chilly season. Partnered up again this year, our Hotel Dieu Hospital site and St...

During the last year, the Kingston General Hospital Environmental Services department has been involved in a voluntarily audit of our facilities that is among the most rigorous in the country. The most recent of these audits, performed by a company...

Sloan's sister Cindy Esford says his recovery "has far exceeded what we expected" since being transferred to the Transitional Care Unit (TCU). Now with 22 more beds being added to the unit for a total of 102 beds, more people like Sloan will be able...

When it comes to an important medical test, you can't ask for it to be much more than fast and incredibly reliable. And that's exactly what our new test for C. difficile has turned out to be. Just ask Larry Weiler, a senior lab technologist in m

It's that time of year when the report cards are being sent out. And it's not just the kids who are getting their marks. This month, the Ontario Stroke Report Card arrived and there's an A-plus in there for Kingston General Hospital. We are

A simple-to-use tool for screening patients suspected of severe stroke has improved those patients' access to Endovascular Thrombectomy (EVT), a clot-removal procedure that reduces the patient's risk of mortality and long-term disability, research at...