This Is Besides Serious For Monkeys
Sunday, September 20, 2020
The appeal is forthwith aiming to enhance £2.4 MILLION for a Da Vinci Robot, which volition get got surgical physical care for to a whole novel score hither at QA Hospital. There are alone xiv Da Vinci Robots currently inward the UK. This technology is non available at Southampton or Chichester, our nearest neighbouring hospitals.
Echoing the linguistic communication from the manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical, they say:
The surgeon volition sit down inward a console controlling the robot, inward a 3D environment, at the patient’s side. This volition enable to a greater extent than precise surgical techniques to hold out used, specially inward pocket-size areas of the trunk such every bit the pelvis, head, cervix as well as throat. Many hundreds of patients from Portsmouth as well as surrounding areas, the Isle of Wight as well as Bailiwick of Jersey volition reap the benefits. Patients existence admitted for cancer problems such every bit prostate, gynaecological, colorectal, kidney, bladder as well as caput as well as neck, volition produce goodness from having no major opened upward surgical physical care for hence allowing for a much faster recovery fourth dimension as well as supply to abode as well as working life.
And fifty-fifty inward a unmarried payer system, the emphasis is on a competitive advantage:
We intend to brand Portsmouth a leading international centre for Robotic Keyhole Surgery, as well as attract the best talents hither to produce goodness our patients. We promise that y'all volition part our vision, as well as if at that topographic point is whatever agency that y'all are able to assistance us, nosotros volition hold out forever grateful. Once nosotros accomplish our destination nosotros volition hold out ane of a few hospitals inward the province to offering these services, making Queen Alexandra Hospital ane of the finest.
They seem to forget virtually the damage of disposables as well as the annual maintenance contract:
Thanks to all of our supporters, as well as so far nosotros get got managed to laissez passer on our showtime milestone of £500,000 leaving to a greater extent than or less other £1,900,000 to enhance to laissez passer on our £2.4 MILLION target. To enable us to hold out inward the forefront of Robotic Surgery nosotros decided to get got the robot forthwith – all the same nosotros soundless quest to brand regular payments as well as so that nosotros tin move along it. To lose it would hold out a major blow to all patients forthwith as well as inward the future.
A lot of monkey business, if y'all inquire me. These machines are expensive, as well as their supposed benefits are overstated as well as unsupported past times objective clinical studies. Your coin could hold out much ameliorate spent elsewhere.