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When Penny Tasevski was asked to describe her father-in-law Aleko Tasevski before he fell critically ill with COVID-19, her voice cracked. "He lives for us [his family], and before he was hospitalized he made my day, every single day." Penny has been...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is one of the first hospitals in Canada to reduce the amount of blood it collects for testing, reducing hospital patient strain and demand on donated blood products.
KHSC's Critical Care Program is embracing a new way of helping to deliver patient- and family-centred care. As of this month, nurses in the program are carrying out standardized patient bedside handovers. "We hear from our families and patients that...
It's common for patients in need of critical care to experience some loss of muscle strength during their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). Unfortunately, even if the patient was strong and mobile before their illness or injury, this can cause...
Over the course of the pandemic, there has been one question about the COVID-19 virus that has continued to resurface. Why does the virus seem to more seriously affect certain patients more than others? Researchers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre...
A new joint study by a clinician-researcher at Kingston General Hospital and the University of Calgary aims to create a framework to assist intensive care physicians in partnering with patient's families, to enable and empower them as advocates and...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has been recognized by Ontario Health’s Trillium Gift of Life Network for its outstanding efforts to integrate organ and tissue donation into quality end-of-life care.
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) was recognized by Ontario Health's Trillium Gift of Life Network for its outstanding efforts to integrate organ and tissue donation into quality end-of-life care. KHSC is one of 23 hospitals this year to receive...
In Kingston, over 47 per cent of the community has signed up to be an organ and tissue donor through the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) which is an impressive feat when compared to the provincial average of 32 per cent. This support from our...
As COVID's third-wave runs rampant in Ontario, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across the province are bursting at the seams. Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is stepping up to the plate to provide support by accepting critically ill COVID patients...