{
  "id": 9095991,
  "title": "Nigeria records first tele-robotic surgery in West Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nigeria-records-first-tele-robotic-surgery-in-west-africa",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-22T05:04:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/nigeria-records-first-tele-robotic-surgery-in-west-africa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja, has partnered with RoboMed Global and The Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV) to successfully perform what the hospital described as the first tele-robotic surgery in Nigeria and West Africa. The landmark kidney cancer surgery was performed on a patient at Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja, while the surgeon, Professor Obi Ekwenna-Davis, remotely controlled […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Nigeria records W’Africa’s first telerobotic surgery across 500km",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nigeria-records-wafricas-first-telerobotic-surgery-across-500km",
        "published": "2026-09-22T02:26:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Nigeria: Nigeria Records First Tele-Robotic Surgery As Surgeon Operates On Abuja Patient From Ogun State",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nigeria-nigeria-records-first-tele-robotic-surgery-as-surgeon",
        "published": "2026-09-22T09:49:17.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}