Hello, readers! November was a month of breakthroughs and innovation at Unity Health. We achieved a world first with a remotely delivered, robotic-assisted neurovascular diagnostic procedure. We also continued a 30 year legacy of education in advanced endoscopic techniques and worked to strengthen access to low-barrier care for people living with addiction. Read on to learn more.

A St. Michael’s Hospital team performs the world’s-first robotic-assisted neurovascular procedure remotely

A surgical team at St. Michael’s Hospital has performed a groundbreaking robotic-assisted neurovascular diagnostic procedure remotely over a network connection—with the patient at St. Michael’s downtown and the surgeon located at St. Joseph’s Health Centre,  six kilometres away.  The aim is eventually for surgeons in acute care hospitals and regional stroke centres to be able to operate remotely on patients in rural communities and smaller health centres