Indian doctor performs robotic surgery in Hyderabad from Wuhan using 5G technology

According to the report, before the operation, the medical team in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan and Hyderabad shared the patient's medical report online to plan the entire surgery. This included mapping the movements of the robotic hands.

According to China Daily, doctors and nurses in Hyderabad administered anesthesia to the patient and fitted robotic hands equipped with high-definition 3D cameras and sophisticated surgical instruments.

Sitting at a computer console in Wuhan, Dr. Gaos then performed the operation, controlling the robotic hands using real-time 3D images.

The robotic hands installed in India replicated every movement of the doctor's hands exactly. Thanks to 5G technology, the exchange of instructions occurred in approximately 200 milliseconds, ensuring the surgery was completed without interruption.

As a precaution, the medical team in Hyderabad remained present in the operating theater throughout to intervene immediately in case of an emergency.

This surgery was one of 26 surgical procedures demonstrated during the 10th Conference of the Chinese Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association. Live international remote surgery demos were also conducted with experts from India, Brazil, Georgia, Greece, and Uzbekistan.

Chen Xiaoping, Director of the Surgery Department at Tongji Hospital, said that AI, 5G-6G communications, and robotic technologies are increasingly integrated into healthcare. He added that such technologies could play a major role in providing better healthcare to remote areas in the future.