In a notable step for medical technology, doctors from the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC) in Delhi successfully performed a live robotic-assisted telesurgery demonstration at ERUS25, a major European congress on robotic urology held recently in London.

LIVE SURGERY ACROSS CONTINENTS The procedure, a robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (a kidney-sparing surgery), was conducted by Dr. Sudhir Rawal, Medical Director and Chief of Genito-Uro Oncology at RGCIRC. The patient was located at the institute’s campus in Rohini, Delhi, while the robotic console was operated remotely from Gurugram, using the Mantra Surgical Robotic System, an indigenously developed platform by SS Innovations.

Connectivity for the procedure was enabled by Airtel’s 5G SA network, which mai

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