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The surgeries were performed on patients The success of the project has the potential
with atherosclerosis, a condition where to dramatically improve the access of

plaque builds up in the blood vessels and doctors to patients with heart and stroke

restricts blood flow. In this special remote ailments, especially in rural and under-

procedure, a robot called the CorPath GRX served areas. Chief minister Vijay Rupani

robot was used by Dr. Patel - who was said the government will explore the use of

connected to the robot through a high this technology to provide quality and

speed internet connection . The Operating specialized healthcare to rural areas.

Rooms were fitted with multiple precision

cameras. Dr Patel has been widely using robotics for

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Telemedicine and Telesurgery merge the or heart surgery, but this is the first time in
fields of robotics, mixed reality, and the world that the surgery was conducted

communications to deliver medical and from a remote location outside the

surgical care to patients in remote operation thea tre.

locations. These advancements could

soon decentralize healthcare and "This procedure could have been done with

help deal with shortages of a 20mbps connectivity speed as well. I

skilled doctors around believe this will not just transform coronary

the world. (heart related) intervention, but the entire

vascular ( blood vessels) space. It has the

capability of changing the lives of millions

of people living in rural areas,"
Dr Patel shared.

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