Mandi, March 6 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday inaugurated a robotic surgery facility at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College at Nerchowk in Mandi district. The facility, established for Rs. 28.44 crore, marks another step in strengthening advanced healthcare services in Himachal Pradesh.

After Atal Super Speciality Hospital in Chamiyana (Shimla) and Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College in Tanda (Kangra), Nerchowk has now become the third medical institution in the state to offer robotic surgery. The Chief Minister also personally observed the first surgery performed using the new system.

Sukhu said that robotic surgery services would soon be introduced at Indira Gandhi Med...