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Join us in congratulating Robin Westphal, a social worker with Kingston Health Sciences Centre's (KHSC) Intensive Care Unit (ICU), for receiving the 2023 Provincial Donation Champion Award from Ontario Health Trillium Gift of Life Network!
If you've ever watched a motorsport you've probably seen a pit crew leap into action. It's a race against the clock as they're making repairs, changing tires and refueling. Ronnie Lott is part of a pit crew of his own at Kingston Health Sciences...
Ruth Bradshaw is living proof it’s never too late to go after your dreams. While in her early 40s, she decided to bet on herself by starting a whole new career. Now 63, she's been shining as bright as a diamond as a patient care assistant at KHSC.
Think back to the last time you had to go to a hospital or had an appointment in a clinic you're not familiar with. Were you nervous? Maybe even a little scared? Sandra Mahoney knows how anxious some people can get. As the secretary for the Adult...
It takes all kinds of people to keep a hospital running and offering the highest level of patient and family-centred care. From doctors and nurses, to dieticians, physiotherapists, social workers, porters and environmental services staff, everyone...
Many of the activities that are part of a daily routine - like going to the bathroom, getting dressed, or taking a shower- can be impacted by illness or injury and a subsequent hospital stay. That's where occupational therapists like Sara FitzPatrick...
As a health-care worker, Sarah Moore-Vasram says, "my influence on people's health is limited. So much of what determines someone's overall health is social in nature and beyond what I can do in health care. The conditions in which people are born...
At 21 years old, KHSC Security Guard Satwinder Singh already has a lifetime's worth of stories to share. In part, because his journey from Punjab, India to Kingston has been a winding one. At just 8 years old Singh became a volunteer soldier in the...
Hospitals are filled with tens of thousands of pieces of equipment. If something breaks or doesn't work right, it could dramatically impact patient care. That's where St?phane Bois comes in. The senior biomedical technologist is part of a problem...
Patient Safety Quality Specialist Taralynn Richmond started working in the field of quality/patient safety/ patient relations 15 years ago at a time when this field was rapidly evolving and becoming more formalized. Her passion for Improvement...