J.S. Rajkumar, a tech-savvy laparoscopic surgeon at the Lifeline Multi Speciality Hospital in the southern city of Chennai, on Tuesday carried out two operations wearing Glass, which uses a tiny, voice-controlled, Wi-Fi-enabled computer on the face.
“As you operate you can webcast to three or four senior surgeons sitting in Chennai, Delhi or Hyderabad and we would be able guide those rural surgeons,” Mr. Rajkumar said. “It’s implications are huge,” he added.
Google Glass allows images to be projected inside a small, transparent cuboid over the right eye, meant to look like a 25-inch screen eight feet away, reducing obstruction for the wearer.
According to the surgeon who is also chairman of the Lifeline Group of Hospitals, 'the rural hospitals in India should adopt Glass as it is cost-effective and will make interactions with technology less disruptive, unlike a regular computer. All we need is connectivity'.
Mr. Rajkumar wore the glasses to perform a minimally invasive and open gastro intestinal surgery on two patients, one suffering from heartburn and acid reflux, the other from a hernia.
The surgeries were recorded through a lens on the headset and streamed live through Google Hangout, an interactive video platform, to an audience of 30 surgeons and medical students watching from a few blocks away at the hospital’s corporate office.
He said that Glass, which has yet to hit the world-wide commercial market, could work wonders in India, where 85% of all surgeries happen in villages and small towns and doctors often need expert guidance to perform complex and emergency procedures.
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