Haryana’s first govt hospital, ESIC Faridabad installs SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System

New Delhi: ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad has become the first hospital in Haryana and the first across all ESIC Hospitals in the entire country, to have installed SSi Mantra Surgical Robotic System – the Made in India surgical robotic system from SS Innovations.

ESIC (Employee State Insurance Corporation) is a legislative body under the ownership of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. ESIC is a comprehensive social security scheme that provides health insurance to employees and their dependents. This scheme offers various benefits such as medical care, sickness benefits, and maternity benefits.

According to source, all establishments covered under the ESI Act and all factories that employ more than 10 employees and pay wages below or upto Rs. 21,000 (Rs. 25,000 for employees with disability) must register with ESIC and contribute towards the ESI Scheme.

In the words of Dr Sudhir Srivastava, Founder, Chairman and CEO, SS Innovations, “SS Innovations and ESIC Hospitals share a synergistic view of providing the best healthcare to the marginalised and weaker sections of the country. The first placement of SSi Mantra surgical robotic system at ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Faridabad marks a beginning of a journey in this direction so that every individual of this country, irrespective of his/her economic and social status, can benefit from this technology and improve the quality of their lives”.

Soon after the installation of SSi Mantra, a radical nephrectomy surgery was successfully performed usring the SSi Mantra System under the guidance of Dr. Nishant Gurnani, a highly accomplished Urologist, along with his enthusiastic team at ESIC marking the first robotic surgery done across all ESIC Hospitals across the country, setting the stage for many more to come.