Hyderabad, Aug. 3 -- The Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) performed 1,000 robotic surgeries in less than three years, with over 90 per cent procedures free of cost.

Operations were conducted under the Aarogyasri and Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) schemes.

The surgeries included 590 procedures by the Urology Department, 248 by the Surgical Gastroenterology Department and 162 by the Surgical Oncology Department. The operations covered complex conditions involving the prostate, urinary bladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, intestines, uterus and ovaries, including several cancer surgeries.

The hospital had earlier performed South India's first robotic kidney transplant in the government sector.

NIMS Director Prof Dr Rahul De...