Nigeria records West Africa’s first telerobotic surgery over 500km

Summary

Redeemer’s Health Village says it carried out what it described as West Africa’s first telerobotic surgery in Ogun State, with surgeons operating on a patient at a hospital in Abuja.

Highlights

• The procedure was a right radical nephrectomy, performed by RHV in collaboration with RoboMed Global and Nisa Premier Hospital.
• RHV said the surgery involved surgeons at its Mowe facility remotely operating on a patient at the Abuja-based hospital.
• The hospital described the operation as a breakthrough for technology-driven advanced surgery in Nigeria.
• RHV CEO Adedamola Dada said the robot in Abuja was connected to the control system in Ogun State through an internet connection.
• Dada urged government support for training more medical workers in robotic surgery and related technical roles.