{"id":136531,"date":"2025-09-14T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136531\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:30:28","slug":"worlds-first-5g-remote-robotic-surgery-performed-at-extreme-altitude-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/136531\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first 5G remote robotic surgery performed at extreme altitude in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            09\/09\/2025 &#8211; 7:03 GMT+2\n            <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>At over 4,500 metres above sea level, in Nagqu City located in China\u2019s Xizang Autonomous Region, doctors have pulled off a remarkable world first: a successful 5G remote robotic urological surgery at extreme altitude.<\/p>\n<p>The operation connected two hospitals thousands of kilometres apart. On one end, Professor Liu Zhiyu\u2019s team at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University in Liaoning Province; on the other Dr. Wang Yanlong, director of urology at Nagqu People\u2019s Hospital and a member of Liaoning\u2019s medical aid team stationed in Xizang.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 4,000-kilomere gap, they worked together in real time to carry out the groundbreaking procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Due to Nagqu\u2019s high altitude, every aspect of the surgery was a challenge: the stability of robotic equipment, the clarity and speed of 5G transmission, and even the doctors\u2019 ability to perform under such harsh conditions.<\/p>\n<p>To make it possible, the two hospitals partnered with network providers, running countless tests and simulations to ensure the robots and 5G systems could operate flawlessly in extreme conditions. <\/p>\n<p>The medical team also spent weeks studying the patient\u2019s case, creating a personalised surgical plan and rehearsing the procedure to perfection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a medical perspective, this represents a major breakthrough in 5G remote robotic surgery,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt proves that even in extremely harsh plateau environments, advanced technology can enable the remote sharing of high-quality medical resources, providing a successful model for addressing healthcare disparities in remote high-altitude regions globally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wang also explained that the experience gained from the operation will pave the way for 5G remote surgeries in even more complex scenarios &#8211; potentially transforming how life-saving healthcare is delivered in the world\u2019s most inaccessible places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 09\/09\/2025 &#8211; 7:03 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT At over 4,500 metres above sea level, in Nagqu City located&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[3688,891,102,2960,2248,7444,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-136531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-5g","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-hospital","13":"tag-surgery","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}