Robo-surgery a highlight of cutting-edge event

Keyhole surgery carried out by a robot will be beamed live by satellite from a Cork hospital to one of the city’s top hotels — and viewed by an audience of hundreds.

The robotic hysterectomy — to be carried out by a multi-armed robot operating under the control of a consultant surgeon at Cork University Maternity Hospital — is one of several operations to be transmitted live from the operating theatres of two city hospitals into the Rochestown Park Hotel later this month.

The transmission takes place as part of the prestigious “Rise of the Machines” medical conference to be attended by 300 delegates and their partners from as far as Australia, the USA, and Greece, as well as Ireland and the UK.