The has given administrative sanction to establish a robotic surgery system at Regional Cancer Care Centre (RCC) at a cost of Rs 30 crore. The government has directed the department of Health and family welfare to ensure that the specification of equipment, instruments and related accessories procured in connection with the project are at par with global standards.
Procurement shall be done through global or international tendering, the order issued by the planning and economic affairs said. The robotic surgery system will also be established at Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery.
The estimated cost of the robotic surgery system with accessories and instruments is Rs 30 crore per unit, and the total cost for establishing it in both RCC and MCC will be Rs 60 crore.
The project will be executed under the Rebuild Kerala initiative. The proposal submitted by the department of health and family welfare shows that premier institutes like Aiims-New Delhi, TMH-Mumbai, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology- Bangalore, Adayar Cancer Centre- Chennai and GCRI- Ahmedabad have facilities for robotic surgery.