Vietnamese doctors help with robotic surgeries in Philippines

  • Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu guides Philippine colleagues how to use robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu guides Philippine colleagues how to use robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries. Photo by courtesy/VNA
  • A Philippine doctor operates robots with the guidance of Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    A Philippine doctor operates robots with the guidance of Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu. Photo by courtesy/VNA
  • Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu guides Philippine colleagues how to use robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries. Photo by courtesy/VNA
    Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu guides Philippine colleagues how to use robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries. Photo by courtesy/VNA
Doctors from Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have assisted their colleagues at Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) of the Philippines with using robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries. Thanks to the technology transfer, doctors of the CGHMC have successfully performed such surgery to treat rectal cancer in a 50-year-old female patient who had preoperative chemotherapy and transverse colectomy for intestinal obstruction. According to Dr. Nguyen Phu Huu, deputy head of the GI ward at Binh Dan Hospital, previously, a case of robotic surgery for colorectal cancer at the CGHMC could take up to 6 hours, but now it is only 2 hours and 30 minutes with the guidance of doctors from Binh Dan Hospital. International cooperation in technology transfer is defined as one of the spearheads of Binh Dan Hospital in developing it into a centre for training robotic surgery for hospitals nationwide and in the region, in line with the HCM City’s goal of building a specialised medical centre in the ASEAN region. VNA

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