Nigeria Records West Africa’s First Tele-robotic Surgery

Precious Nwonu, Enugu Nigeria has recorded what the institutions involved described as West Africa’s first tele-robotic surgery, after surgeons remotely removed a cancerous kidney tumour from a patient in Abuja. The procedure was performed on Saturday through a collaboration between Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV), RoboMed Global and Nisa Premier Hospital. The operation involved a telesurgery-assisted … [Read more…]