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While robotic surgery has been possible for several years, the equipment has been prohibitively expensive for many parts of the world and requires specialist training to use.
But what if specialists could just dial in to an operation from a phone or tablet?
The following written content via BBC
he current pandemic has revealed how much our healthcare services rely on physical human contact. Many surgeries have been cancelled to try to stop Covid-19 from spreading, creating considerable physical, mental and economic consequences for patients, hospitals and societies.
In response, robots have been deployed where possible, conducting specialised surgeries that allow surgeons to stay at a safe distance, and even helping with communicating to patients. This trend – of machines reshaping medicine – is one that experts expect to continue.
But Nadine Hachach-Haram had been thinking about problems in surgery long before Covid-19 came along. As a child in war-torn Lebanon, she witnessed first-hand the devastating effect that inequality in surgical care could have.
Today, five billion people across the globe still lack access to safe surgery. More people die from this than from HIV, malaria and TB combined.
In response, Hachach-Haram has created a technology that allows surgeons to virtually scrub into any operating theatre around the world, just by using a tablet or computer. Read more from BBC Future.
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