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Medical physicists worldwide have honed radiation technology to target cancer with such precision that patients can be treated faster, and with minimal side effects.

When an incident takes place at one of KHSC's two hospital sites, often some of the first to arrive on scene are members of our Protection Services team. That team has recently been recognized for their work as six staff members have received a...

Last week's Scotties Tournament of Hearts brought more than top-notch curling to Kingston. There was also a major donation of $57,000 from the Sandra Schmirler Foundation to Kingston General Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), along with...

Drs. Paula James and David Lillicrap were given an unexpected honour at the annual meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation in Chicago last month. They were named "Researchers of the Year" at the event's big awards banquet. "It was a bit of a su...

Thanks to valuable feedback from our patients, the blood collection room in our Burr Wing has now been relocated to a new and bigger space. Patients receiving treatment for cancer or a kidney disease are now directed to this new room when they need...

Dave Canty is no stranger to wearing blue after 28 years with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and now three years as a volunteer at the KGH site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre. For him, the colour serves one simple but important purpose: it's...

In early 2016 Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital announced plans to create a new academic health sciences centre that would bring together the operations of the two hospitals. As a result of that announcement Kingston Health Sciences...

For women who face a breast cancer diagnosis, connecting with others who have gone through a similar experience and learning about treatment options are important steps to managing their diagnosis. To help women with this process, the Cancer Centre...

Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) team is inviting members of the community to make breast health a priority by attending a special breast screening event taking place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17.

The first patients have now been welcomed through Kingston Health Sciences Centre's (KHSC) new Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) facility, a state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot complex that will serve patients from across the region. The facility, located...