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Technology to train surgical students

Innovation has been termed one of the critical pillars of attaining Universal Health Care. [iStockphoto]

Medical students in Kenya will now be able to watch live and pre-recorded surgery procedures and training in 360-degree virtual reality (VR).

The Practitioners Alliance of Kenya (OTPAK), in collaboration with Professor Jag Dhanda from Brighton and Sussex medical school, executed a three-day educational workshop for Kenyan physicians at Nairobi University's School of Surgery in Chiromo campus.

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