Medical University and UMHAT "St. Marina" have launched the robotic surgery project in Varna. The first robot-assisted surgical intervention in the Sea Capital has been performed by Prof. Dr. Krasimir Ivanov.
The latest fourth-generation Da Vinci Xi robot has been installed at the University Hospital, which allows all kinds of operations in Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery, Urology and Gynecology to be performed. This is the most state-of-the-art robotic system in Bulgaria, which allows the use of the latest generations of surgical instruments, through which extremely elegant and sparing for the patient operations are being performed, guaranteeing patient's quick recovery with minimal trauma and pain, and postoperative control.
MU - Varna and UMHAT "St. Marina" have trained four teams that are capable of performing the entire scope of surgery interventions in the field of Abdominal Surgery and Urology. The system is equipped with built-in simulators through which young surgeons will be trained and will acquire the required skills.
This has been the greatest acquisition of the Varna healthcare for 2019, which will provide the patients with the opportunity to obtain surgical treatment that meets the highest world standards.
The teams, headed by the Rector of MU - Varna Prof. Dr. Krasimir Ivanov, have been trained at leading European clinics and have the ambition to become a centre for training highly qualified doctors for robotic surgery.
The University and Hospital management have raised the issue of funding robotic surgery to the Ministry of Health and NHIF. Currently in Bulgaria, NHIF pays only for robot-assisted surgeries in the field of gynecology.
