Robotic Technology Means No-Fee Surgical Procedures at Mexico City Hospital Mexico News Daily
go to original October 31, 2015

da Vinci Surgical System intro (cogicongress)

A new cutting-edge medical option has just been made available for low-income and uninsured patients at the Dr. Manuel Gea González general hospital, located in the southern borough of Tlalpan, in Mexico City.

The hospital is now performing medical procedures with a Da Vinci Surgical System, a four-armed medical robot designed to facilitate complex and diverse surgeries using a minimally invasive approach.

The director general of the hospital, Dr. Mucio Moreno, said this kind of technology had only been available for patients affiliated with social security hospitals such as IMSS and ISSSTE.

Now, for the first time, the Da Vinci System is a real and viable option for unaffiliated patients, who are usually also the poorest, because the operations are provided without charge.

“Using this kind of surgery, operating room times are shortened, along with recuperation times. From this moment, all of our medical staff will receive formal training in robotic surgery,” said Dr. Moreno.

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