The first successful robotic surgery was performed at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute and Research Center.
This is the first hospital in Punjab public health sector where robotic surgery has been introduced.
The PKLI spokesperson says that the revolutionary development is a game changer in the medical world.
Urology Department Chairman Dr. Nadeem Bin Nusrat and his team made this important feat possible, robotic surgeons Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rehan Mohsin and Prof. Dr. Riaz Hussain Laghari performed the surgery.
CMR surgical teams from Dubai, Karachi and Lahore assisted the surgeons, and the patient was able to go home a few hours after the surgery.
According to the hospital spokesperson, more than 400 liver and more than 500 kidney transplants have been done in PKLI.
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