IISc director Prof Govindan Rangarajan and Aarin Capital chairman TV Mohandas Pai on Saturday launched a modern “Versius Robotic Surgical System” at NU Hospitals in Bengaluru.
With this, NU Hospitals became the first Nephro-Urology Super Specialty Hospital in the country to introduce the “Versius Robotic Surgical System,” a press release from the NU Hospitals said.
The hospital has four units, two in Bengaluru, one each in Shivamogga, Karnataka and Ambur in Tamil Nadu, and in Maldives.
The robotics-based surgery is set to become a game changer in health care, the IISc director said. “In fact, I want to say that this is the technology required for nephrology and urology. We want engineering and medicine to come together. For example, mRNA vaccines have saved billions of people across the world. Let me tell you that this basic technology was invented in a medical school. The medical school played a key role in the discovery of mRNA vaccine,” he said.
There are many areas. Rangarajan said, where IISc can collaborate with NU Hospitals. It is important that hospitals like NU can take advantage of scientific advances and jointly work on developing many initiatives. Our goal should be providing affordable technologies,” he said.
Pai, in his speech said, technology will be a game changer in the days to come, and this was more than evident during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Technology will also see many challenges, he said. “For example
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