# Nigeria records W’Africa’s first telerobotic surgery across 500km

> The procedure, a right radical nephrectomy, was carried out by RHV in collaboration with RoboMed Global and Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja, and involved surgeons at RHV remotely operating on a patient at the Abuja-based hospital.

- Published: 2026-09-22T02:30:23.662Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T00:00:21.095Z
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- Involves: A right radical nephrectomy, Adedamola Dada, Dr Kunle Onokoya, Dr. Adedamola Dada, Mowe, Ogun State, Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja, Prof. Obi Davies-Ekwenna, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redeemer’s Health Village in Mowe, Ogun State, Redemption City, Mowe, Ogun State, RoboMed Global, RoboMed Global Inc.

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