New facility in SE Ontario supports breast health
March 16, 2022
KINGSTON, Ont. – The first thing visitors to the Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) new Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) facility will notice is how welcoming and bright the new building is.
The state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot complex brings together breast imaging services and procedures from the Hotel Dieu Hospital and the former Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) sites under one roof. Located on John Marks Avenue in Kingston’s east end, the facility boasts new, up-to-date equipment including a novel prone breast biopsy table.
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