Kingston Health Sciences Centre

• Kingston doctors receive award for innovations in patient care

  Kingston doctors win awards for health-care innovations, including a kidney cooling device and outpatient cancer care, to enhance patient outcomes and system efficiency.

  Health

  Jan 10
  
• Kingston Health Sciences Centre looks to ‘ramp up’ ranks of volunteers

  The hospital says its volunteer ranks have dropped more than 50 per cent since the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2024
  
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• Targeted nurse recruitment paying off, Kingston Health Sciences Centre says

  The KHSC hired 241 new nurses in 2023

  Health

  Feb 15, 2024
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• 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
• Kingston, Ont. hospital gets region’s first PET-CT scanner

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre has it revealed it has secured southeastern Ontario's first positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanner.

  Health

  Sep 20, 2023
• Some Ontario hospitals reinstating masking requirements

  Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2023
• Hotel Dieu’s urgent care centre to run on reduced weekend hours

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre says doctors and nurses are stretched thin when it comes to emergency care, forcing the urgent care centre to tighten hours on the weekend.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2023
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• KHSC ramps down masking as COVID-19 numbers dip dramatically

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre is no longer enforcing a universal mask rule in its emergency department, children's outpatient clinic or urgent care centre.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2023
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• 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