History as Nigeria records first tele-robotic surgery in West Africa

Nigerian Tribune | 21-09-2026 01:25pm |

Nigeria has recorded its first tele-robotic surgery, with a patient in Abuja undergoing a kidney cancer operation remotely from a surgical console at the Redeemer's Health Village in Ogun State. The procedure was carried out on Saturday in real time from a Toumai robotic surgery console at RHV while the patient was at Nisa Premier. The development marks the first such procedure in West Africa.

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