Kingston Health Sciences Centre ready to increase outpatient clinic visits

KHSC doctor clarifies hospital masking policy

KHSC patients, visitors, staff to wear masks beginning next week

Local volunteers helping front-line healthcare workers find housing options

Police looking for man who returned from Florida, threatened hospital staff

Further visitor restrictions being implemented at KHSC sites

Kingston’s COVID-19 Assessment Centre moves to Memorial Centre

KHSC reducing non-emergency procedures and visits

Kingston man arrested after kicking service dog

‘Dray’s Field of Dreams’ raises over $50k to help cystic fibrosis patients

‘Hundreds of families’ benefit from KHSC donations by Kingston Farm Boy

KGH Auxiliary asks Kingstonians to ‘Show Children you Care’ with annual Teddy Bear Campaign

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments COVID-19, Hotel Dieu, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), outpatient clinic visits, physical distancing

The Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) site of the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KCHC) is increasing its in-person outpatient clinic visits

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June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Gerald Evans, face masks, healthcare workers, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), pandemic, patients, universal masking policy, virus, visitors

A doctor from Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has stepped forward to explain the hospital’s universal masking policy for patients,

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June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Gerald Evans, Dr. Theresa Tam, face masks, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), pandemic, the spread of COVID-19

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is asking all incoming patients, visitors and most staff to wear masks at the hospital

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April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Andrew McCann, Ashley Cameron, campers, coronavirus, COVID-19, doctors, front-line healthcare workers, furnished accommodations, healthcare worker housing, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston COVID-19 Assessment Centre, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Housing Healthcare Workers, landlords, medical professionals, nurses, pandemic, property owners, Providence Care Hospital, RVs, self-isolation, Sheila Nemcsok, trailers, vacant rentals, Victoria BC

Kingston’s front-line healthcare workers are facing unprecedented stress during the current COVID-19 pandemic, but finding housing to protect their family

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March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Tori Stafford 2 Comments accompanied by young family member, COVID-19, Dodge Ram, Florida, hospital staff, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, public assistance requested, returning from Florida, threatened hospital staff, travel, uttering threats

Police are requesting public assistance to identify a man who uttered threats to staff at a local hospital after returning

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March 20, 2020March 21, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. David Pichora, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingsotn Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), visitor limitations, visitor restrictions

Beginning on Saturday, Mar. 21, 2020, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will be implementing further restrictions on visitors within its

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March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Tori Stafford 1 Comment coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Assessment Centre, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Azim Kasmani, Dr. Kieran Moore, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Memorial Centre, Public Health

The local COVID-19 Assessment Centre is relocating from the Hotel Dieu Hospital site to the Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston, Frontenac,

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March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2019 novel coronavirus, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. David Pichora, elective surgeries, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Kingston hospitals, Providence Care, reduced clinic visits, reduced procedures, reduced surgeries

Beginning today, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is reducing the number of non-emergency procedures and visits it provides “in order

Crime News Police Briefs

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 Tori Stafford 2 Comments arrested, charged, Constable Andrew Sullivan, downtown, Hotel Dieu Hospital, kicked service dog, Kingston, Kingston Police, Montreal Street, Princess Street, service dog, service dog in training

A local man has been arrested and charged after he kicked a service dog in training without provocation in Kingston’s

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December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment baseball tournament, children with cystic fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Dr. Richard van Wylick, Drayden Brimble, fashion show, fundraising, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Jennifer Brimble, Joshua Brimble, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), pediatrics, University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF)

For the first four years of his life, Drayden ‘Dray’ Brimble has been the inspiration behind the ‘Dray’s Field of

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July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments David Jeffery, Evelyn Maizen, Farm Boy, fundraising, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Karen Humphreys Blake, KidsInclusive, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF), Wayne Owens

Since opening its doors to serve the local community, Kingston Farm Boy has directed funds to the University Hospitals Kingston

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November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2018, Christmas, equipment, holidays, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Kingstonist, NICU, pediatric departments, pediatric health care, Teddy Bear Campaign

There is something so simple, yet so symbolic about a teddy bear: a soft, cuddly companion to hold, a