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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.
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has become the first in North America to offer a unique surgical procedure to treat patients with a complex aortic disease known as an aortic dissection, a life-threatening condition in which the largest artery...
Early on May 7 at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Robert Louis “Robbie” Sherren became the first adult heart donor in Canada to donate after circulatory death, which happens when a person’s heart permanently stops beating.
It's not often that new technology checks off the big priorities at Kingston Health Sciences Centre all at once but the launch of an advanced digital slit lamp in Ophthalmology is doing exactly that. In an ocular exam, a slit lamp is vital equipment...
It's a busy time for the Automated Drug Cabinet projectat Kingston General Hospital. Kidd 5 just went live with a new cabinet on October 30 and staff on Kidd 6 are slated to begin using the system on November 19. Connell 10 will follow a week later o...
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine is one of the most technologically advanced pieces of equipment in the hospital. It supports the care of all types of patients, ranging from complex cancer, cardiac and pediatric patients, to the hockey player who...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has become the first hospital in Canada to implement Ulrich CT Motion Injectors from GE Healthcare, which are innovative systems that deliver contrast dye to patients during computed tomography (CT) scans.
Kingston General Hospital has installed special, new software on hundreds of PCs that will automatically put them into a sleep mode during periods of inactivity. "This program is an easy way for us to save energy and money," says Allan McLuskie,
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...