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Special Report - Health Care - June 21, 2012
New Sacred Heart surgery robot getting good workout
Medical center now has three; it retired its oldest such system late last year

By Kim Crompton
Of the Journal of Business

The da Vinci Si Surgical System is the third robot now in use at Sacred Heart Medical Center. About 30 surgeons practicing there are certified to use it.
The da Vinci Si Surgical System is the third robot now in use at Sacred Heart Medical Center. About 30 surgeons practicing there are certified to use it.
—Staff photo by Kim Crompton
A new robotic surgery system that Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital installed about six months ago is far more advanced than one it replaces and is drawing heavy use from the growing number of surgeons who are becoming qualified to operate it, a surgeon and medical director there says.

The da Vinci Si Surgical System, which includes an interconnected operator console, computer and audio-video equipment tower, and rolling bedside unit with multiple robotic...


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