Hyderabad, May 27, 2017: City-based Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS Hospitals) today announced the installation of next generation upgraded surgical robotic system da Vinci Si Model in its facility at Secunderabad here. With its first Da Vinci robot setup in 2011, KIMS Hospitals has completed 700 surgeries. Now, the hospital has installed the next generation Da Vinci Si Model at a cost of two million USD, the Hospital said in a statement here. Currently, eight trained doctors in six medical specialisations, including Oncology, Gynaecology, Urology, ENT, Gastroenterology and General Surgery at KIMS are performing robotics surgeries in the institute. Hospital CEO and Managing Director Bhaskar Rao, said, ‘With increased awareness among our patients, we felt the need of acquiring the latest Si model of da Vinci Robotic System in place of our old SD Model Robotic System acquired in 2011, for giving better care and to perform more complex surgical procedures, which otherwise are not possible with laparoscopy. ‘In the last six years, KIMS Hospitals has come a long way in learning and mastering the robotic machine and technology by its clinical applications in the successful outcome of 700 procedures,’ Dr Rao added. According to available statistics, the number of robotic surgeries being performed in India has increased to 3000 to 4000 per year, which is still very less, considering the eclectic spectrum of the country, the statement said. However, KIMS Hospitals is at the fore-front to concoct its doctors and patronage this program to augment for the betterment of their patients. KIMS is also among the first hospitals to capitalise and gain expertise on robot-assisted surgeries, it added.
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