The prestigious two-day national conference on robotic gynaecological surgery, RoboGynIndia 2023, was inaugurated by Dr Sangita Reddy, JMD, Apollo Hospitals Group & Chair, G20 EMPOWER and Mr Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, I&C and IT, Govt of Telangana; today at the Sheraton Hyderabad Hotel, Gachibowli. Association of Gynecological Robotic Surgeons (AGRS) is a first-of-its-kind association in India to train and make gynecologists proficient in performing the advanced robotic surgeries.
Mr Jayesh Ranjan said, Telangana which was formed in 2014 needed to catch up with the lost time of decades when the state was left out, thats when we realized that we need to become a technology enabled state and technology can leapfrog the states developmental agenda. As a government we focused on some of the cutting-edge technologies in the last nine years and the latest technology we are focusing on is Robotics.
We launched our robotics policy in February this year, becoming the first state in the country to have a state specific robotic policy. We decided to focus on four verticals of Healthcare, Agriculture, Industrial automation, and consumer robotics as part of this policy. Healthcare is one prime sector for promoting robotic technology.
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Dr Sangita Reddy said, I remember the day our Chairman Dr Prathap C. Reddy said we are going to buy five robots, he had seen and analyzed at that time itself the power of robotic surgery way back in 2011. From that time Apollo group did 12000 robotic surgeries and Dr Rooma Sinha herself did 700 robotic surgeries. However, the machine is useless without the individual and therefore the power of your coming together, for training programs like this, for panel discussions, updating, is what makes the difference.
The other technology I believe strongly in, is the power of remote care. We are test piloting an Indian made robot in one of our hospitals. The stories of tele mentored surgeries, appropriate diagnosis, tele-radiology, telepathology, tele-ICU, tele-emergency moving of care, connectivity and remote care are all becoming common place, but they are also making everyday miracles happen in the healthcare sector.
We have a shortage of critical care specialists, but we can mentor an ICU in a remote area and ensure they get the best care. All these are powerfully transforming the way care is delivered across the India and the world. A combination of science and innovation will be unfolding in the future and you play a very critical role during this journey.
Dr. Rooma Sinha, the organizing chairperson of RoboGynIndia and the Founder President of AGRS, said, “the scene of gynaecological surgery has seen a paradigm shift with the adoption of Robotic Assisted surgery, today not just the surgeons are wanting to learn newer techniques, it’s also the patients wanting to have such surgery, because technology has made possible those difficult surgeries which were otherwise not possible with laparoscopic surgery to be performed in a minimal access way by using robotic technology. Women needing surgery should be offered minimal access surgery and that’s the bottom line we as gynecologists must be able to provide.
The Conference being held on August 12th and 13th, is being hosted by the Association of Gynaecological Robotic Surgeons of India (AGRS) along with the Intuitive Surgical for International conference on Robotic Gynaecological Surgery. Dr Rooma Sinha, President- AGRS, Honorary Professor & Chief Gynecologist Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad; Dr Rama Joshi, Vice President-AGRS, Principal Director & HOD, Gynae Oncology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute; Dr Arnold P Advincula, Former President- AAGL, Columbia University Medical Center New York, Vice-Chair for Women’s Health Chief of Gynecology, Sloane Hospital for Women Division Chief, Gynecologic Specialty Surgery; Dr Tony Chalhoub, Consultant, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS foundation trust, UK and Dr Joseph Ng, Founder President, ASRGS, Senior Consultant, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; graced the occasion.
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