World’s 1st Telerobotic Coronary Intervention Surgery in Ahmedabad

The patient had a stent placed in her artery through the procedure after she suffered a heart attack.

Taking technological advancement in medicine to a new level, world’s first in-human telerobotic coronary intervention surgery was reportedly performed in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

The patient was a middle-aged woman who suffered a heart attack a few days ago. She volunteered for the procedure. The surgery was conducted by Dr Tejal Patel, the Chief Interventional Cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad.

However, he was not present in the same hospital. Dr Patel guided the robot to perform the surgery from a remote location in Gandhinagar, around 32 kilometres away.