Doctor in China, patient in Morocco: How world's longest remote surgery was performed

A French doctor in China successfully performed prostate cancer surgery on a patient in Morocco, located 12,000 kilometres away. Using a Chinese-made robot, the doctor performed the world’s longest remote surgery in just two hours Dr Youness Ahallal completed the surgery in under two hours. This intercontinental surgery has set a record for the world’s longest remote surgery ever performed, with a round-trip transmission distance surpassing 30,000 kilometres, according to Xinhua News Agency. He Chao, president of MicroPort MedBot, the company behind the Toumai Robot, told Xinhua news agency that this remote technology is set to bring “disruptive changes to future medical services.” “Our goal is to make remote surgery a routine practice.” Surgical robots have emerged as a key area of focus for Chinese tech startups in recent years. World’s first transcontinental remote surgery Earlier this year, a Chinese surgeon made history by performing the world’s first live transcontinental remote robotic prostate removal - an operation carried out in Rome on a patient located in Beijing.