DAVAO CITY – State-run Southern Philippines Medical Center here will soon be capable of performing robotic-assisted surgeries as it plans to acquire a cutting-edge technology that can save more lives in Mindanao.
He said that there are currently four hospitals in the country which are capable of using this technology but all of them, including the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital , are in Manila.He said that part of the cost in acquiring the technology is the training of surgeons who will operate the machine.
He said that the robotics technology is capable of other surgical specialties, including, among others, ophthalmology, orthopedic, ENT , and obstetrics and gynecology.
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