First 5G network-supported remote collaborative operation successfully conducted in Anhui

Wan Shengyun (1st L), director of general surgery department of the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University (AMU), guides an endoscopic tele-surgery conducted by the Shitai County People's Hospital through a 5G-supported remote collaborative operating platform at the Second Hospital of AMU in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, May 10, 2019. The first 5G network-supported remote collaborative operation was successfully conducted Friday at two hospitals in Anhui. Medical experts from the Second Hospital of AMU guided two endoscopic surgeries operated by another county hospital via 5G technology remotely and timely, during which the experts remote-adjusted the operating machines through voice. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)