A team of Polish medics has performed the first remote robotic surgeries between two hospitals in Europe, using a next-generation surgical platform to operate across a distance of over 350 kilometres.
On Friday, 1 August 2025, cardiac surgeon Prof Piotr Suwalski, director of the State Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration (PIM MSWiA) in Warsaw, conducted a coronary bypass procedure on a patient located in Warsaw while physically operating the robotic console from a hospital in Gdańsk, northern Poland.
The procedure was performed using the EDGE MP1000, a surgical robot developed in China, valued at approximately 6–7 million PLN (€1.64 million).
The operation was the first cardiac surgery of its kind in Europe and marked the global debut of this new robotic platform in clinical use.
5-millisecond latency enables Poland’s precise remote surgeries
Later the same day, a second successful operation was carried out remotely: a radical prostatectomy, led by Dr Paweł Wisz, also from the State Medical Institute in Warsaw.
Despite the physical distance between surgeon and patient, the procedures were executed with remarkable precision, aided by a teletransmission latency of just 5 milliseconds.
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Poland leads a milestone in European tele-surgery, advancing remote robotic operations
“It’s a landmark moment in robotic surgery,” said Poland’s Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński, who congratulated the medical team and Prof Suwalski, a leading cardiothoracic surgeon and transplant specialist, via social media.
Prof Suwalski, who normally works in Warsaw, travelled to Gdańsk specifically to oversee the operation remotely from the MSWiA hospital there.
Doctors say both patients are recovering well and are expected to be discharged shortly.
The event is expected to accelerate the development of remote robotic surgery in Europe. The State Medical Institute in Warsaw now plans to expand its robotic surgery training centre, with a focus on both on-site and remote operating systems.
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Source: MSWiA/PIM MSWiA/X/@MKierwinski