More than 200 people are set to benefit from a new £1m surgical robot over the next year, a hospital trust says.
It was "significantly reducing" cancer patients' time in hospital and procedures were quicker, the Wye Valley NHS Trust said.The robot, which was funded by NHS England, was involved in "minimally invasive surgery", the trust said. The system was operated by surgeons in the operating theatre while they sat at a console next to the patient and controlled the robotic arms.The system allows patients to recover faster, Wye Valley NHS Trust saidUrological and robotic consultant surgeon Mehmood Akhtar said the technology had increased their theatre capacity.
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