Kingston General Hospital

Name :

Kingston General Hospital

Address  :

76 Stuart Street

Town  :

Kingston

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

K7L 2V7

Phone  :

613 548 3232

Fax  :

613 548 2475

Web URL  :

Available

Description

About Kingston General Hospital
Affiliated with Queens University Kingston General Hospital is a 456bed teaching hospital that serves more than 500000 people in southeastern Ontario and is the community hospital for the Kingston area KGH provides an array of specialized acute and ambulatory clinical services including trauma cardiac stroke pediatric perinatal end stage renal and stem cell transplants Home to the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario KGH is dedicated to compassionate high quality health care in a dynamic academic research environment It features a robust research program and provides handson skill training for 1900 health care students annually

In 1832 an Act of Parliament named a commission to quotsuperintend and manage
the erection and completion of a hospital in or near the town of Kingston
In 1835 the first building was completed on the site where KGH stands today
on land purchased form Archdeacon George OKill Stuart The building
designed to accommodate 120 patients remained unoccupied until three years
later when the city had the money to buy equipment and furnishings

In 1838 the hospital cared for its first patients 20 wounded Americans
taken prisoner in the Battle of the Windmill during the Rebellion of 1837

KGH served as Canadas first Parliamentary building Parliament met in the
hospital from the time of the Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada in 1841 until 1844

The building returned to its original purpose and in 1845 began its full
time continuing operation as a hospital A housekeepernurse had one helper
the Female Benevolent Society provided volunteers and doctors took turns
offering their services freeofcharge The hospital cared mainly for the
poor until the 1900s

The hospitals affiliation with the Queens University Faculty of Medicine
began in 1854

The Watkins Wing opened in January 1863 to treat patients with infectious
diseases Local businessman John Watkins donated funds for construction of
the building

In 1886 the hospital launched a training program for nurses the last
graduating class was in 1974

The Nickle Wing named after local businessman William Nickle opened in
April 1891

In 1894 the Doran Wing then a womens hospital began admitting patients
Its benefactor was foundryowner Michael Doran

In 1886 KGH became the first Canadian hospital to purchase xray apparatus
for medical use

The KGH Womens Aid was founded in 1905 and within one year had 110 members
This organization now known as the KGH Auxiliary was one of the first of
its kind in Ontario

In 1914 the Empire Wing opened with the hospitals first patient rooms
designed for private accommodation an indication that KGH was beginning to
care for all members of its community not just the poor The Douglas Wing
officially opened in October 1925

In 1947 the Victory Wing was completed Patients from the Department of
Veterans Affairs were treated here Victory also housed clinical facilities
for the Ontario Cancer Foundation

The Angada Childrens Hospital opened in 1953 The hospital chose the name
Angada an Arabic word meaning quotto bring help unto youquot in recognition of
the support of the quotShrinersquot

In 1960 the hospital built the Walter T Connell Wing named after the
longtime head of the Department of Medicine at KGH and Queens University
Two more floors were added to the Connell Wing in 1970

The Fraser Armstrong Patient Centre which offers a range of outpatient
clinics opened its doors in 1975

KGH opened its Emergency Department in 1976

In 1977 the Ronald C Burr Wing opened with facilities for regional
rehabilitation

In 1981 the T Ashmore Kidd wing opened with a new operating room medical
records and radiology facilities Three years later renovations made way
for new facilities including laboratories ophthalmology prosthetics
endoscopy renal unit and a pulmonary function lab space for the KGH
Auxiliary was also added

Named after a prominent Kingston couple known for their contributions to the
community and beyond the Syl and Molly Apps Medical Research Centre
opened in 1987

The KiddDavies Patient Tower and new main entrance made their debut in
1989 Among the services available in the new wing Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit the Renal Unit and Cardiac Services

New Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI equipment was installed at KGH in 1994
making Kingston one of Ontarios top regional diagnostic imaging centres

Major renovations to floors 9 and 10 of the hospitals Connell Wing were
completed in 1995

The Same Day Admission Centre was built on Dietary 2 in 1997

Major renovations to Emergency Services area were completed in 1998

Major renovations to the Syl and Molly Apps wing are undertaken in 2002

Sections DampE of the Emergency Department are renovated and opened in 2003

The Kingston Regional Cancer Centre integrates with KGH and becomes the
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at KGH in 2004

The Centre for Advanced Urological Research opens at 62 Barrie Street in 2005

A replacement Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine is opened in 2005

History

History
KGHs roots in Kingston go back more than 150 years In 1838 Kingston Hospital as it was then known cared for its first patients 20 wounded Americans who were taken prisoner in the Battle of the Windmill during the Rebellion of 1837 After the Union of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada Parliament met in the hospital from 1841 to 1844 After this brief sojourn as a political venue the building returned to its original purpose and in 1845 began its fulltime continuing operation as a hospital