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India’s First Association of Robotic Surgeons ARIS formally launched in Guwahati, Assam
Assam Cabinet minister Chandra Mohan Patowary formally launched the Association of the Robotic and Innovative Surgeons (ARIS), the country’s first robotic surgeons association, in Guwahati on 30th of April, 2022.
Assam’s Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary formally launched the Association of the Robotic and Innovative Surgeons (ARIS) in Guwahati on Saturday (30 April).
ARIS is the first-ever Indian Robotic Surgeon’s Association.
The association stated Robotic surgery is the new future of surgery world over, recent advances in equipment and surgical techniques have made minimally invasive surgery popular and one of the most effective techniques in several fields of surgery. It has several advantages over standard surgical approaches, including Rapid recovery, Lower rate of post-operative infection, Decreased pain, Better postoperative immune function, Cosmetic results ..
Minister Patowary mentioned, “We acknowledge the efforts and thank the founding members to have considered launching the society in Guwahati. There are many initiatives taken by the Assam Government to improve Healthcare Infrastructure and we are confident that Guwahati will be in the top 10 healthcare tourism destination in the country. We are also aware that our neighbouring states look up to Guwahati for advanced treatment including Robotics. This is one another proud moment for all of us and very pleased to know Dr. Khanna is the founding president and knowing him for many years, we are sure he will take this Association and the Robotic science to greater heights, ultimately improving the quality of care to our people.”
Dr. Shubhash Khanna, President of the Association of the Robotic and Innovative Surgeons, mentioned “India does have some of the world’s best Surgeons and Healthcare Professionals and it is time for the World to acknowledge the commendable surgeries, treatments, procedures and volume of work happening here in India. It is probably for the first time in the history that many international associations have expressed interest to collaborate with an Indian Association to train surgeons in Robotics. I am overwhelmed with the response from our colleagues and young surgeons in their interest in Robotics which we all know is the future of surgery.”
He said that there are only about 100 surgical Robots in the country whereas Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Malaysia do not have any robots. The members of those countries can also enrol as members in this society.
ARIS further added that robotics-assisted surgery has attained acceptance globally as several institutions are making investments in medical robotic technology for applications in urological, gynaecological and neurological amongst different forms of surgery.
Reportedly, this technology can turn out to be cost-effective and more outcome-oriented in the long-term as compared to the conventional approaches.
