Nigeria Performs First Tele-Robotic Surgery, Surgeon Operates 500km Away
Fowe · x · 2026-09-23
Nigeria has carried out its first tele-robotic surgery: a surgeon at Redeemer's Health Village in Ogun State used a Toumai console to remotely operate a robotic system on a patient about 500 km away at Nisa Premier Hospital in Abuja, performing a robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy to remove a cancerous kidney tumour. The procedure was done in collaboration with RoboMed Global.
The retweeter stresses the surgery took place at Redeemer's Health Village in Redemption City of God, Ogun State, rather than being credited vaguely to Mowe, noting that negative news would have loudly named RCCG.
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