Public Health: downtown, rural and mobile vaccination clinics in the works

Province announces new surge capacity hospital beds for Kingston

KHSC ‘maximizing readiness,’ will accommodate out-of-town patients

Local doctor appointed Executive VP, Medical, at Ontario Health

Public Health issues order for home and community care organizations

Kingston-based company Novari Health enables online doctor visits

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February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Astra Zeneca, City of Kingston, Cloyne, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Kieran Moore, Equity, Invista Centre, Johnson & Johnson, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Moderna Vaccine, Ontario Health, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Sharbot Lake, Strathcona Paper Centre, Sydenham, Verona

Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said he wants to be able to administer 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines per day in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region. “I think we could achieve that,” Dr. Moore said on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. “I’m trying to get to

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January 18, 2021January 21, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Christine Elliott, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Doug Ford, hospital beds, hospital capacity, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario, Ontario Health, Provincewide Shutdown, Stay-at-home orders, surge capacity

Update: After publication, the Premier’s office sent a written statement in contradiction Monday’s annoucement. See update below The Ontario government has announced that Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will be among a handful of provincial healthcare facilities to receive new surge capacity beds in the coming weeks. As part of

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January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 response, Dr. David Pichora, hospital capacity, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario Health

The CEO of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Dr. David Pichora, has confirmed that Kingston hospitals are preparing to receive transfers of out-of-town patients, part of a coordinated provincial effort to manage hospital capacity as COVID-19 case numbers rise. “We’ve been talking about it with the Ministry since last summer.

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December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Cancer Care Ontario, Dr. Chris Simpson, Faculty of Health Sciences, health care, Health Quality Ontario, jane philpott, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario Health, Ontario Health Teams, Queen's University

Kingston cardiologist and Queen’s University School of Medicine Vice-Dean Dr. Chris Simpson is taking on a new role with Ontario Health. Simpson has been appointed as Ontario Health’s Executive Vice-President, Medical, effective Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. “I’ll be the first doctor on the senior leadership team and will be bringing

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December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Class order, Community Care Services, COVID-19, Dr Kieran Moore, effective immediately, Home Care Services, infection prevention and control practices (IPAC), KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Ontario Health, South East LHIN, transmission

Update (Monday, Dec. 14, 2020): Today, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health issued a clarification regarding the Class Order for all owners and operators providing Community and Home Care Services. This order covers organizations that provide services in client homes and are under contract to provide services to

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April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Cris Vilela 0 Comments COVID-19, Novari Health, OHIP, Ontario Health, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Ministry of Health, Ontario Virtual Care Clinic, OntarioMD

Kingston-based company Novari Health has made it possible for Ontario-based patients who don’t have a primary care physician, or are unable to see their own physician, to “see” a family physician virtually for non-COVID-19 related health issues. “Access to primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic poses a problem for some

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