UK cancer surgery to be live-streamed via virtual reality technology
by Ben Quinn from Technology | The Guardian on (#189JR)
Surgeon Shafi Ahmed will carry out procedure for viewers to watch using mobile phone and VR headset
An operation on a British cancer patient is to be live-streamed around the world using virtual reality technology designed to make viewers feel as if they are in the operating theatre.
It will be performed by Shafi Ahmed, a London surgeon who has been at the forefront of pioneering virtual reality technology in surgery, and who described next month's operation as a gamechanger for healthcare innovation and education.
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