Robotic surgery training facility for healthcare professionals soon at Delhi AIIMS
This in turn will enrich the clinical community and enhance patient outcomes by utilizing procedural and evidence-based medical education activities. This is the first-of-its-kind robotic training facility for healthcare professionals in a government set-up in India and also the first faculty-led procedural training centre in the Asia-Pacific region.
New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and India Medtronic Pvt Ltd have entered into a collaborative agreement to co-create and develop a robotic training facility at the premier hospital here.
The AIIMS, Delhi, has already floated an expression of interest to establish a robotic training facility on its campus.
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''In line with that, AIIMS, New Delhi, and India Medtronic Pvt Ltd. have entered into a collaborative agreement to co-create and develop a robotic training facility which will deliver clinical education and impart surgical robotic skills on a not-for-profit basis to residents and faculties of AIIMS and other teaching institutes with MeHNAT (Medtronic Hugo and AIIMS training) in robotic surgery,'' a statement said.
The aim is to upskill healthcare professionals on robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgeries through technical and procedural training.
This in turn will enrich the clinical community and enhance patient outcomes by utilizing procedural and evidence-based medical education activities. This is the first-of-its-kind robotic training facility for healthcare professionals in a government set-up in India and also the first faculty-led procedural training centre in the Asia-Pacific region.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the premier health institution, the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi had decided to set up a robotic surgery training facility to train doctors and other healthcare providers across India. This type of training will be imparted for the first time in the country. AIIMS Delhi will be establishing a robotic surgery training facility to ensure adequate availability of trained experts, provide innovative minimally invasive surgery and establish other such centres in the country.
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