Kingston General Hospital

• Sickle cell treatment now available at Kingston General Hospital

  With demographics in the city of Kingston becoming more diverse, Kingston General Hospital has begun offering treatments for sickle cell anemia, a tropical disease.

  Health

  Jun 19
  
• Kingston, Ont. hospital hits record capacity, patients forced into storage rooms

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre is facing an unprecedented capacity crisis, hitting a record 630 admitted patients and forcing staff to convert storage rooms into wards.

  Canada

  Mar 6
  
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• Health care, trade tensions dominate Kingston’s annual State of the City event

  Leaders from all three levels of government addressed critical issues ranging from hospital funding to shifting U.S. trade relations at Kingston’s annual State of the City event.

  Canada

  Jan 13
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• $1M donation made to KHSC to advance genomics, personalized medicine

  Kingston donors Jay and Kendal Patry invest $1M to establish KHSC’s first Clinical Chair in Genomics, advancing personalized medicine and local healthcare innovation.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2024
• COVID-19 cases on the rise in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre says it is seeing 15 to 20 people daily at Kingston General Hospital with COVID-19 and that getting vaccinations will ease the pressure on KGH.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2023
• Some Kingston hospitals bringing back masking protocols as flu season approaches

  As we approach cold and flu season, Kingston Health Sciences Centre is going back to pandemic-era masking protocols within Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
• Superheroes descend on Kingston General Hospital and visit children

  Superhero Day has been a collaboration between Kingston General Hospital and Elite Window Cleaning for the last eight years.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
• Kingston, Ont. hospital says former employee lied about being a nurse

  A Kingston, Ont., hospital says it has fired an employee and launched an investigation after it was revealed they lied about being a registered nurse. 

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Kingston, Ont. health care experts warn of holiday hospital staffing shortage

  As nurses and hospitals are feeling the squeeze, Kingston, Ont. area health care experts are warning people to be discretionary with hospital visits over the holiday.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Addictions nurses at Kingston General Hospital subject to violence: report

  A report by a panel of independent nurses found KHSC's Mental Health and Addictions ward is understaffed and subject to high levels of violence from patients.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022