Robot community day at Northampton General Hospital raises awareness of life-saving new surgical technology

Patients and local children were able to play on a demonstration model of the robot
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A life-saving state-of-the-art surgical robot was showcased at an awareness day at Northampton General Hospital (NGH) this week.

The £1.7m robot has now been used to perform more than 280 potentially life-saving cancer operations and - by using tiny key-hole techniques - helped patients to rapidly get back to normal life.

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