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Update (Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021):According to Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), the COVID-19 outbreak at the Kingston General Hospital (KGH) Davies 3 Unit, declared on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, has now ended. “The Outbreak Management Team at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), in consultation with KFL&A Public Health, has declared
Read more Of 136 KHSC staff who were put on leave last week for failing to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19, over 40 per cent have now provided proof of vaccination or a valid exemption and will be welcomed back to work following a negative COVID-19 antigen test, said Elizabeth Bardon,
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You can learn a lot from a crisis. During Ontario’s COVID-19 pandemic, over 2,500 patients have required transfer from Toronto to receive life-saving care in other cities. The egress of COVID-19 patients from Toronto began in mid-November 2020, when the Ontario government activated the GTA Hospital Incident Management System. Transfers
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COVID-19 transmission is occurring throughout the entire KFL&A region, not just in isolated spots, said Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health, in a video address to the community on Monday, Apr. 19, 2021. “We’re still seeing widespread activity throughout our community and we’ve put up
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Following an announcement that Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) had administered its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, Kingstonist spoke with KHSC President & CEO Dr. David Pichora for more information on what to expect. Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, also
Read more The provincial government has announced major new funding for Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). Daryl Kramp, MPP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, annouced on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 that the Ontario Ministry of Health will provide $18,798,500 to KHSC to operate up to 100 additional transitional care beds, 45 additional hospital
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In response to the high demand for COVID-19 testing following the recent community outbreak, Kingston Health Sciences Centre says it is opening a Temporary COVID-19 Assessment Centre which will operate in the parking lot at St. Lawrence College, starting on Sunday June 28, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. KHSC requests that
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