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A Hyderabad-based surgeon successfully performed robotic surgery on a 16-month-old infant while sitting at a console 1,600 kilometers away in Gurugram.
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It has created history as the world’s first telesurgery on such a young patient from this far.
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Dr Chandra Mohan, Chief Urologist at Preethi Kidney Hospital, sat at a console in the SSI Mantra office in Gurugram and controlled a robot performing surgery in Hyderabad.
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Using 5G connectivity and the SSI Mantra system, Dr Chandramohan operated remotely. The surgery lasted one hour and 20 minutes. It was the first cross-state telesurgery in India.
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A previous telesurgery in China involved an eight-year-old child, but this was the first on a 16-month-old.