Varanasi: IMS BHU has achieved a milestone with its first robotic-assisted knee surgery on a 74-year-old Bihar patient, marking the launch of their Robotic-Assisted Knee Surgical System. Officials said the advanced robotic platform will significantly enhance surgical precision, enable personalised alignment, reduce post-operative pain, and accelerate recovery. The facility is expected to make advanced trauma orthopaedic care accessible to patients from eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, reducing the need to travel to private hospitals or metropolitan cities for such procedures.The Robotic-Assisted Knee Surgical System was formally launched at IMS BHU’s Trauma Centre, making it the first govt medical institution in India to adopt this non-CT-based technology. The system was inaugurated by BHU VC Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi and divisional commissioner S Rajalingam, with CSR support from ONGC.Significantly expanding the reach of precision trauma orthopaedics within the public healthcare ecosystem, the centre is also set to provide this facility to patients under the Ayushman scheme without any extra charges. It will also run a skill development centre in robotic surgery for the orthopaedic surgeons of India. The first surgery was performed by a team led by Trauma Centre’s Prof Saurabh Singh, along with orthopaedic surgeons Kumar Prashant, Alok Rai, Vamiki Ansari, Abhijit Kunwar, Kavita, and Reena. They credited BHU VC Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi for securing ONGC’s CSR support, making the advanced system a reality.Further amplifying its people-centric impact, the CSR support includes robotic consumables for 100 economically vulnerable patients, enabling them to undergo robotic-assisted trauma orthopaedic knee surgery at highly subsidised rates.
