Future Prospects for Robotic Transplants at AIIMS
New Delhi: AIIMS New Delhi has marked a medical milestone by performing India’s first Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplant Surgery, becoming the first government hospital in the country to offer this advanced procedure.
Dr. Virinder Kumar Bansal, Renal Transplant Surgeon at AIIMS, told Akashvani News that the inaugural surgery was conducted on September 3, and five patients have benefited from the facility so far.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (#AIIMS), New Delhi, has achieved a major milestone by performing the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭-𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲.
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Highlighting the advantages over conventional surgery, Dr. Bansal said patients recover faster and can be discharged within a week. He described the procedure as safe, efficient, and minimally invasive, noting that AIIMS provides this cutting-edge surgery at a fraction of the cost charged by private hospitals.
