Govt hospital conducts live surgery workshop at hobli-level

For the first time, a hobli-level government hospital has telecast surgeries live from a Community Health Centre, at Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagar district on Sunday.

It is said to be the first of its kind in Karnataka, where a hobli-level hospital has utilised the latest technology for conducting surgery on five women, which was telecast live. A team, led by Dr Chandrashekar of Bengaluru, conducted different surgeries on five women. More than 150 experts from across the state watched it live. An online interaction was held later.

Hospital administrator Dr Renuka Devi said that such surgeries are conducted in medical colleges and hospitals in cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru. "For the first time, such a workshop was conducted in a hobli-level hospital. The patients are recuperating. We had contacted the patients a month ago and had convinced them to undergo surgery for the workshop," she said.

District Health and Family Welfare officer Dr M C Ravi said, "The doctors and staff had organised the workshop, with live relay of surgeries. As this attempt at the hobli-level hospital is a first of its kind, the department provided support."