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Dr. Walter T. Connell (1873-1964), a graduate of Queen's Medical College, was appointed to the position of Pathologist at KGH and Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology at Queen's University in 1895. He established the Department of Pathology a
As the population of Kingston grew rapidly after the War of 1812, physicians expressed concern that greater care be given to the sick poor. A voluntary organization was established for such a purpose in 1817, and in 1820 the Female Benevolent Society...
By the 1880's antiseptic practices had been adopted and the surgical field was expanding. As medical care became more specialized and complex, its practitioners began to realize the immense benefit that trained nurses had to play in improving patient...
The Kingston General Hospital established its training school for nurses in 1886 and the first class graduated in 1888. The nurses-in-training were originally given accommodation in the Watkins Wing, but the expansion of the program quickly...
X-rays first made their appearance in Kingston on February 17, 1896, when the Weekly Whig reported that Captain John Bray Cochrane (1860-1946), Professor of Physics and Chemistry at the Royal Military College, had taken an x-ray image of the hand of...
Before the late 19th century, only those who could not afford to be cared for in their homes sought charitable medical care in hospitals; but, as the practice of medicine underwent revolutionary changes in the 19th century, more and more people came...
Formally opened in October 1895, the Fenwick Operating Theatre cost $4,000 to build. Dr. Kenneth N. Fenwick, a Queen's Medical College professor and attending physician for the hospital had been requesting a new operating theatre for years and donate...
A new stroke treatment is now available 24/7 at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and it's already proving to be a game changer for some patients. KHSC has become one of a small number of hospitals in Ontario that is now able to offer this...
Patients in southeastern Ontario will soon have improved access to state-of-the-art imaging technology as construction begins later this month to build a home for a positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanner at Kingston Health Sciences Centre...
Virtual reality (VR) has arrived at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and is dramatically changing the hospital experience for young patients. Last month, KHSC introduced VR goggles in the Diagnostic Imaging department at our Kingston General...