Hospital’s 1000th robo-op

THE Mater Hospital has reached an important milestone this month, as surgeons complete the 1000th robotics-assisted surgery.

Malahide Castle and will blaze a trail to Cavan for a lunch stop at the Slieve Russell Hotel and Country Club in Cavan. The first finish line and overnight stay will be in ballina and the cars are due to arrive to the finish line on the Quay at 6pm to help celebrate ballina’s 300th birthday. on Saturday September 16th the convoy will leave the Quay in ballina at 10.30am and travel to Salthill Hotel Co Galway for lunch at 1pm and then onwards to Pery Square limerick City for the second finish line and overnight stay in association with limerick City and County. on Sunday September 17th the supercars will leave limerick City at 10.30am, then fuel up at Circle K Fermoy and then onwards to Cork for lunch at Fota Island Resort before a big dramatic final finish line in Kilkenny City at 6pm.

This year the official charity of Cannonball is The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation - an Irish children’s charity that funds and delivers in-home nursing care, respite support and end-of-life care for children from birth to six years of age who have highly complex and life-limiting medical conditions.

The Robotic Surgical Programme is now in its fifth year, having been launched in 2019. Thanks to the generosity of the Mater Hospital Foundation’s supporters across Ireland, the hospital secured a state-of-the-art Da Vinci XI robot.

Since its launch, the programme has improved outcomes for cancer patients and their families and has quickly expanded to involve 16 surgeons across six specialities, including Urology, Cardiothoracic, Colorectal, Head and neck, Gynaecology, and Hepatobiliary.

as a national university training hospital, the Mater Hospital plays a key role in building robotics expertise for Irish healthcare.

Mr Greg nason, Consultant Urologist in the Mater Hospital who performed the 1000th surgery says, “The Robotic Programme in the Mater has been a great success thanks to the Mater Hospital Foundation’s generosity. The expertise that has been established within the hospital from a nursing and medical perspective has allowed us to offer a multi-speciality programme to our patients. Within urology, robotic surgery is now the standard for most major prostate and bladder cancers as well as many kidney cancers.”