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Kingston Health Sciences Centre ready to increase outpatient clinic visits

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

All patients in quarantined KGH wing test negative for COVID-19: KHSC

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments COVID-19, Dr. David Pichora, KFLA Public Health, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC)

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) says all patients in a quarantined Kingston General Hospital unit have been tested for COVID-19

Kingston General Hospital unit quarantined after staff member positive for COVID-19

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments COVID-19, Davies 5, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), quarantine

A unit at Kingston General Hospital has been placed under quarantine after a staff member working in the unit tested

Some COVID-19 reporting ‘so wrong it’s ridiculous,’ says local expert

June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments asymptomatic, asymptomatic carriers, bad science, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Gerald Evans, Dr. Hugh Guan, fake news, false information, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), media, misinformation, Ontario, pandemic, pauci-symptomatics, political leaders, pre-symptomatic, research, scientific articles, virus

Dr. Gerald Evans, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), says he is keeping

KHSC doctor clarifies hospital masking policy

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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Queen’s med student group 3D print 15,000 pieces of PPE

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments 3D PPE Kingston, 3D printed PPE, 3D printers, Catherine Spagnuolo, Clinical Simulation Centre, isolation tents, Jeremy Babcock, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), medical students, not-for-profit, personal protective equipment (PPE), Queen's University, volunteers

A group of Queen’s University medical students who started making personal protective equipment (PPE) on a 3D printer in April,

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

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

Emergency medical staff pledge $35k to say ‘thank you’ to Lionhearts

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 Street Project, Department of Emergency Medicine, donation, donation matching, Dr. David Messenger, emergency food programs, Emergency Medical Department, food security, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Lionhearts Inc, meal programs, pandemic, Queen's University, Springer Properties, The Springer Group of Companies

Members of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University and staff from the Emergency Medical department of Kingston Health

Province introduces new travel restrictions for health care employees

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Christine Maloney, COVID-19, health care providers, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Health, out-of-province restrictions, out-of-province travel, pandemic, quarantine, travel restrictions, wages

Health care workers at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) are now subject to out-of-province health care restrictions, the Kingstonist has

KHSC to resume scheduled surgeries and procedures

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, Dr. David Pichora, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH), Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario Ministry of Health, Providence Care Hospital, scheduled procedures, scheduled surgeries

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has announced plans to gradually resume scheduled surgeries and procedures. According to a release on

Opinion – Getting the medical care that is right for you during serious illness: A perspective from a critical care doctor

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Daren Heyland, end of life care, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), medical care, medical care planning, medical treatment decisions, opinion, Plan Well Guide, Queen's University, serious illness

Editorial note: The following is a submitted Op/Ed article from Dr. Daren Heyland. The views and opinions expressed do not

UHKF hosting online silent auction in support of Kingston hospitals

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments annual benefit dinner, flight over Kingston, fundaising, healthcare, jewelry, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), local hospitals, online silent auction, personal chef, Providence Care, sailing, silent auction, staycations, University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF), weekend getaways, wine tasting

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the annual University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) Benefit Dinner had to be cancelled in March.

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