Ahmedabad Civil hospital gets robotics surgery facility for joints

Ahmedabad Civil hospital gets robotics surgery facility for joints
Ahmedabad, 14 July, 2011


Ahmedabad Civil hospital gets robotics surgery facility for joints


Ahmedabad’s Civil hospital has become the first hospital in the country that has a facility of ultra-modern robotics surgery facility.

Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas today dedicated Rs. 10 crore American robotics surgery machine for joint replacement operations.

Minister said the civil hospital of Ahmedabad witnesses more than 300 joint replacement operations per year on average. He added that the robodoc surgical system that has been dedicated today is nowhere in India at any other private or government medical facility.

An expert team from Korea will visit the hospital on 19th to train the doctors for newly introduced robotics facility.