“It’s like when you go to a tennis match, you get a bit of anxiety but that’s because you care… it doesn’t mean you’re less confident in your ability to deliver.” Vijay Ramani has done this thousands of times before.
But as the experienced surgeon strides into the operating theatre at The Christie hospital, he goes through the procedures as if it were his first time.
Yet, even after becoming a consultant urological surgeon at The Christie, in 1999, there’s always something new to behold in his ever-advancing field.
This time, that progress comes in the form of Rafael and Donatello. No, not the Italian masters – nor the Ninja Turtles. These are the names given to two multi-million pound ‘da Vinci Surgical System’ robots, newly installed at the world-leading cancer treatment centre.
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