Chinese doctors perform surgery from hundreds of miles away with use of 5G

A group of Chinese doctors unveiled a new technological innovation when they used 5G to perform surgery on a patient from hundreds of miles away, a report by Digital Trends reveals.

According to the report, cardiologist Huiming Guo was assisted by other doctors in carrying out a remote heart operation on a 41-year-old patient who was 400 kilometers away in Gaozhou People’s Hospital, while the team of doctors were located in Guangdong General Hospital at the time.

The use of 5G technology allowed Guo to observe and issue instructions during the four-hour procedure using 4K ultra-high definition live video.

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The 5G network used by the hospital is approximately 10 times faster than the current 4G mobile internet being used.

In this scenario, it means more stable video streaming in a situation where a missed detail could, literally, make the difference between life and death.

“Advanced internet technology can save our doctors a lot of time because they don’t have to travel as much. They can use that time to save more lives,” Zhiwei Zhang, of Guangdong General Hospital, said in a press conference.

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