Sturrock said he had been diagnosed with gallbladder disease just months prior to his operation and it had left him with no energy and weeks of pain.<\/p>\n
“I’m fully recovered now, with all four scars completely healed and the week after the op I managed to drive my wife down to the post office, no problem.”<\/p>\n
He said if other patients were given the option of having their surgery using this system he would “thoroughly recommend it”.<\/p>\n
“I’d like to say thank you very much to everyone involved, including Sheffield Hospitals Charity. I’d give it all a thumbs up.”<\/p>\n
Sheffield Hospitals Charity’s chief executive officer Beth Crackles said: “We’re incredibly proud of our \u00a31.45m gift to help bring this state-of-the-art surgical robot to Sheffield. Andy’s experience shows exactly why investments like this matter.<\/p>\n
“Seeing patients recover more quickly, with less pain and disruption to their lives, is a powerful reminder of the difference our supporters help us make every day.”<\/p>\n
Since Sturrock’s surgery, the robot system has been used to treat over 30 other patients.<\/p>\n
Hundreds more operations are planned using the new system, which “offers enhanced precision, improved outcomes and faster recovery times for patients undergoing a wide range of procedures, including cancer surgeries,” the trust said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sturrock said he had been diagnosed with gallbladder disease just months prior to his operation and it had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":["post-482704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}