KGMU launches da Vinci robotic sys for surgical procedures at cheaper charge | Lucknow Information – The Occasions of India

Lucknow: With the launch of the da Vinci robotic system, KGMU is now providing robotic surgical procedures at practically 50% decrease price than most non-public hospitals, enhancing entry to superior surgical look after sufferers. The college already has 2 SSI Mantra robotic methods—one put in below CSR within the surgical procedure division and one other at Shatabdi Hospital below a public-private partnership—making KGMU one of many few govt establishments within the area with a number of robotic platforms. The primary surgical procedure utilizing the da Vinci system was carried out on a 40-year-old girl affected by gallstones. Prof Abhijit Chandra, head, surgical gastroenterology division, carried out a robot-assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The process price Rs 70,000 at KGMU, whereas comparable robotic surgical procedures in non-public hospitals usually price round Rs 1.5 lakh or extra. Prof Chandra mentioned the da Vinci system allows larger precision in procedures comparable to gallbladder elimination, colorectal surgical procedures, gastrointestinal most cancers operations, and different minimally invasive stomach surgical procedures. In the meantime, surgical procedures carried out with the SSI Mantra system within the surgical procedure division, put in below CSR, require sufferers to pay just for disposables, costing round Rs 15,000 along with standard surgical bills. The SSI Mantra system at Shatabdi Hospital, working in PPP mode, prices barely lower than procedures carried out with the da Vinci system. “The KGMU administration is dedicated to creating superior surgical expertise accessible and reasonably priced in order that extra sufferers can profit, whereas additionally strengthening coaching and analysis for younger surgeons,” mentioned Prof Abinav Sonkar, head, surgical procedure division, KGMU.