Five surgical operations using a robot have been successfully performed on patients with malignant tumours at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital.
This was the first time ever that the surgical robot Hugo was used in an operation in Bahrain, with the BDF Royal Medical Services (RMS) taking the lead.
RMS Brigadier General Dr Shaikh Fahad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said that the acquisition of the Hugo RAS (Robotic-Assisted Surgery) System made the hospital the first one in the Middle East and North Africa to use such a technology.
