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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Doctor uses robot to remotely perform surgery on patient thousands of miles away

A doctor in Florida has used a robot to remotely perform surgery on a cancer patient thousands of miles away in Africa.

Vipul Patel, the medical director of the Global Robotic Institute at Orlando's Advent Health, recently performed a prostatectomy, which removes part or all of the prostate, on Fernando da Silva of Angola, ABC News reported in an exclusive story from medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton on Tuesday.

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