A robot performing surgeries improves society’s needs because robots …show more content…
Not only does surgical robots improve the accuracy of procedures and reducing the complications of surgeries. Along with the surgical robot being extremely accurate, the surgical robots save a lot of money in terms of before and after operation care costs and how long you stay in the hospital. In hospitals the cost of health care is 2.17 trillion or 16.5% of GDP. 30 to 40 percent of the money is spent on inefficiencies. There has been 98,000 deaths and 1,000,000 plus injuries. Surgical robots are becoming more common and given the information they are going to be saving not only the hospitals a lot of money in the long run but also the patients. Some characteristics of the surgical robot that make it better than a surgeon standing over a human is the flexibility, speed, safety, control, mobility, work, efficiency, timeliness, and the lack of …show more content…
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