Chairing a review meeting of the Health Department, the Chief Minister said that 40 beds have been earmarked at IGMC for robotic surgery to cater particularly to patients from Kamla Nehru Hospital (KNH), Shimla.
He said robotic surgery had already started at Chamiyana and RPGMC Tanda, where 45 surgeries have been successfully performed using the technology. Himachali doctors are highly skilled, but outdated equipment often limits their efficiency, he added.
He was scheduled to inaugurate the facility in person, but his helicopter could not land due to adverse weather, prompting him to join the event from Chandigarh.
The move is aimed at providing advanced medical treatment within government health institutions, ensuring high-quality healthcare access for the people of the state.
In a remarkable medical achievement, an eight-year-old boy suffering from hydronephrosis underwent a successful robotic surgery.
Post completion of chemoradiation therapy, he was further considered for robotic oesophagostomy and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy
The inaugural meeting of CRSA India will see leading surgeons from all over the country and abroad come together and share their knowledge and wisdom in the field of robotic surgery.
According to Anup Kumar, the robotic surgical procedure reduces the duration of the operation and the chances of risk of error as a surgeon only has to manoeuvre the robotic arms using a command centre with a 3D screen that looks like a computer.
With the aim of installing 200 more robots and reach over 20,000 robotic-assisted surgeries per year by 2020, US-based Vattikuti…
Although the widespread use of computer assisted surgery began less than a decade ago in India, robotic surgery has already…
