New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- AIIMS Delhi inaugurated a state-of-the-art 'Da Vinci Surgical Robot' for training in its Skills, E-Learning and Telemedicine Facility (SET) on Thursday. The robot, provided by Intuitive Surgicals under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), opens up a new opportunity for training in robotic-assisted surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi.

With the installation of this robot, AIIMS New Delhi is now the only institution in the country to have two different surgical robots specifically for training purposes. A 'Hugo' training robot, provided by Medtronics, already existed in the SET facility.

The SET facility is used by a large number of trainees and faculty, both from within AIIMS and other institutions. It allows access to stat...