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Centre for Global and Community Engagement - In the Service of Others
Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland
Room 304
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 6N5

Tel.: 613-562-5800 ext. 5945
Fax: 613-562-5285
Email: servingothers@uOttawa.ca

Students – Community Partners Details




COMMUNITY PARTNER INFORMATION:
Organization:
Kingston General Hospital (KGH)
Description:
Through their facility in Kingston and 24 satellites and affiliate sites throughout southeastern Ontario, the Kingston Geneal Hospital (KGH) serves almost 500,000 residents who live in a 20,000-square-kilometre predominantly rural area, as well as some communities on James Bay in Ontario’s north. These people count on the KGH to be there when they have high-risk pregnancies, cancer, very sick babies, heart attacks, strokes, life-threatening injuries and respiratory failure. They come when they require specialized care that is not available in their local community: when they need heart surgery, life support, dialysis, brain surgery, stem cells, radiation and special imaging. 
 In addition to this regional role, the KGH also serves as a community hospital, caring for the less acute needs of the residents of Greater Kingston. Together with Queen’s University, they train post-graduate students and conduct important research. Every year, 2,400 students from 34 universities and colleges across Canada rely on this learning environment on their journey to become the health-care professionals of tomorrow. The hospial is also home to 160 researchers and the third largest employer in the Greater Kingston area. They are also the place where 850 volunteers contribute their energy and skills to caring for others.

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