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With a weekend of unsanctioned Homecoming celebrations expected in the city, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has put plans in place to support an increase in patient demand. However, due to extremely high patient volumes, KHSC is urging...
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...
Saving lives is the specialty of trauma experts at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and now they're taking the basics of one of their most critical skills--stopping uncontrollable bleeding--directly to the public. The goal is to train people to act...
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...
Following months of work at the Kingston General Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), construction for a second MRI scanner and a new MRI suite has been completed. "The opening of this second MRI is an exciting moment for the...
Kingston, an epicentre of Lyme disease, is now home to a new multidisciplinary research network that will bring together scientists, physicians, and patients to further investigate the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this tick-borne illness...
As the volume of people presenting with a mental health crisis steadily ramps up in the Emergency Department (ED) at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), a new pilot project aimed at managing capacity and improving flow for these patients is...
The Diagnostic Imaging department said goodbye to its big film library a while ago and that's created an opportunity for the department to create a new patient care area. It's a space where outpatients are prepared for procedures done in the imaging...
Growing up Bianca Sabatini never dreamed of becoming a social worker, but now she can't imagine doing anything else. She's part of a multifaceted team at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), made up of more than 60 social workers, who strive to...
It can be a rewarding experience working in critical care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), but it's also tough. Just ask Cathy Seymour. A registered nurse for 33 years, she's been working on Intensive Care Units (ICU) for more than 20 of...