Top surgeons call for pooling robotic surgery resources
Doctors at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre perform the first robotic surgery at the health facility. Photo: express
Top surgeons and healthcare specialists at a two-day international symposium on robotic surgery have called for pooling resources of advanced surgical expertise by collaborating and enhancing access to achieve the desired goal.
The opening day of the symposium - which started at the SIUT on Friday - featured discussions and hands-on training on wide ranging topics of robotics by acclaimed surgeons and healthcare specialists. They highlighted the transformative impact of robotics on modern surgery, emphasising its precision, efficiency, and ability to improve outcomes.
The SIUT, which is a pioneering institution in urology, nephrology, organ transplantation, and hepatobiliary care, has been at the forefront of robotic surgery in Pakistan since 2017. It began its robotic surgery programme with a shared Da Vinci robotic system at Karachi's Civil Hospital and performed over 600 procedures.
In 2021, the SIUT established its own Kassim Parekh Robotic and Laparoscopy Unit, featuring the Versius robotic surgical system, which has performed over 2,000 surgeries in urological, hepatobiliary, and colorectal segment of surgeries since then.