Dr. Luo Qingquan, a physician stationed at the Shanghai Chest Hospital, performed the first surgery to remove a lung tumor remotely on a patient in Kashgar who was miles away from him. This extraordinary feat was enabled by an indigenous 5G Medbot developed by China that allows for real-time transfer of surgical expertise over long distances, according to information obtained from the municipal information office of Shanghai.
A doctor based in Shanghai successfully operated on a patient nearly 5000 km away using an indigenously made medical robot according to News 18. The surgery involved taking out a tumor from the lungs and it lasted one hour. A team of assistants supported Dr. Luo who was the lead surgeon.
On the internet, there has been a video going around about this amazing operation which is raising significant interest and is talked about all over ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter. One user wrote, “A surgeon in China successfully removed a lung tumor from a patient while being 5000 km away. The doctor operated the machine remotely from his office in Shanghai, while the patient was in Kashgar, located on the opposite side of the country. The entire operation was completed in an hour.”
According to the Shanghai municipality’s information office, this procedure came after a “thorough clinical study” and is proof of how far Chinese-made surgical robots could go. The importance of this feat was underlined by Dr. Luo who said that this successful surgery is another medical breakthrough capable of helping patients in distant regions such as remote places and rural areas. He concluded by saying that it demonstrates the power and potential of domestically built surgical robots.
This telesurgery breakthrough has enormous potential in dealing with the dire need for specialized surgeons, particularly where there is limited access to advanced health care facilities in remote corners. If properly applied, such technology can change the healthcare system completely and save many lives in disadvantaged parts of the world.
