Gujarat doctor performs heart surgery from 32 km away using robots
Gujarat-based cardiologist Tejas Patel on Wednesday conducted a heart surgery on a middle-aged woman from 32 km away in the world's first in-human telerobotic coronary intervention. Sitting at Akshardham temple, Patel operated the patient located in Ahmedabad's Apex Heart Institute in a 15-minute procedure. He used high-speed internet and robots to clean the patient's arteries and insert a stent.