ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination plans to introduce robotic surgery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). With the approval of a Rs. 1.4 billion PC-I project, the hospital will not only adopt robotic surgery but also enhance its current surgical facilities.
Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmed, the prime minister’s coordinator, expressed hope the advanced technology will provide benefits to patients. He further emphasized the potential for fostering medical sector and creating international career opportunities for local medical professionals.
At the beginning of this year, King Edward Medical University (KEMU) submitted a PC-I project proposal to the Punjab Health Department to launch robotic surgery at Mayo Hospital. This initiative would make Mayo Hospital the first public sector teaching hospital in the province to provide this advanced, minimally invasive treatment, which boasts a “100% success rate.”
Additionally, robotic surgery has been available at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) in Karachi since 2012, where surgeons have performed over 1,500 urology-related robotic procedures.
