First robotic hysterectomies carried out at Margate hospital

A hospital in Kent has carried out its first ever robot-assisted hysterectomies.

Surgeons at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, in Margate, have begun operating on patients using the Medtronic Hugo robot, which was installed earlier this year.

Kirstine Goldsack, 56, was one of the first patients, and following her procedure on Friday, she was able to go home 24 hours later.

Goldsack, who lives in Canterbury, said she was “a little bit apprehensive at first”, but called the experience “really positive”.