Robotic surgeries won't be affordable in India anytime soon. Here's why

It was 20 years ago when doctors first used the help of a robot in India to carry out a complicated heart surgery at Fortis Escorts, New Delhi. Ever since, more than 100,000 robot assisted surgeries have been performed in the country. Patients are embracing these type of surgeries now than never before and why wouldnt they?

Who wouldn't want a less painful procedure, a shorter hospital stay, and most importantly lesser cuts?

But they cost more than 3 or 4 times than normal surgeries. And it was only in 2019, that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) asked health insurance providers to cover modern treatments, including robotic surgeries. 

And even after that, insurers are not keen on to covering them because they are expensive and the pricing is unregulated.

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