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Topic: Surgery

Agnikarma & robotic surgery on same stage as Centre pushes integration of Ayurveda with modern medicine

Surgeons, researchers & policymakers from 8 countries attend conference held by AYUSH ministry on Sushruta Jayanti—birth anniversary of Acharya Sushruta, known as the father of surgery.

Who is Surgie? A humanoid robot that successfully performed two trial surgeries

The teleoperated surgeries were a collaboration between a team of surgeons and faculty from the department of engineering at the University of California San Diego.

World’s ‘1st’ tele-robotic ureteric surgery from 3,000 km away: How Hyderabad doctor operated from Wuhan

Using a Chinese robotic platform, the urologist remotely performed a complex surgery on a woman with blocked urinary tube in what he claims to be first-of-its-kind.

Made in India or Made in China? Two firms spar over a next-gen surgical robot

Gurugram's SS Innovations wrote to Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation that Gujarat-based Merai Newage merely re-labelled & repackaged a China-made surgical robot.

India sees 20k bariatric surgeries a year. But blockbusters Mounjaro, Wegovy are shaking up obesity arena

India's anti-obesity drug market is valued at Rs 3,000-3,500 crore and is projected to grow nearly eightfold to Rs 25,000 crore by 2030, as per estimates.

A fiery side-effect of melting glaciers & paging Dr Droid for gallbladder surgery

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Regulator’s nod for telesurgery in India. How robot-led surgery is performed & what it means for healthcare

SSI Mantra became the first surgical robotic system to be approved by CDSCO this month to remotely perform robotic-assisted surgeries using wireless technology.

Indigenous, affordable, how robot-assisted surgeries are finding takers in smaller Indian cities

It is estimated nearly 60,000 robotic-assisted surgeries are now performed in India every year across specialities, with growing popularity in not just metros, but Tier 1 & 2 cities, too.

Hand transplantation surgeries to now be regulated centrally through a nationwide database

All hospitals to register patients needing hand transplant on National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation portal. Agency will permit procedure based on availability of cadavers.

Kolkata doctors retrieve nose pin screw lodged in woman’s lung with non-invasive surgery

The team, led by Dr Debraj Jash of the Medica Superspecialty Hospital, used conventional bronchoscopy to extract the gold object in a procedure that lasted 20 minutes.

On Camera

Why Prashant Kishor’s Bankipur victory in Bihar should ring alarm bells for Modi-Shah’s BJP

With an estimated 1.6 lakh of its 3.79 lakh voters being upper-caste Hindus, Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for three decades. Prashant Kishor has breached that fortress decisively.

RBI cracked whip on 87 urban co-op banks in 2021 for violations. Only 27 remain under regulatory curbs

Govt told Parliament that Maharashtra accounted for nearly half of the banks placed under RBI’s regulatory directions; DICGC settled Rs 18,931 crore in depositor claims.

Gorkha recruitment rests with Nepal, Agnipath only route to join Indian Army, says ex-CDS Chauhan

Recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into Indian Army is on hold since 2022 with Nepal viewing four-yr tenure of Agnipath scheme, among others, as inconsistent with historical frameworks.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.