Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

The Guardian World

by Andrew Gregory Health editor

March 6, 2026

Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D camera The patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote robotic surgery that saved the life of a 62-year-old football fan with prostate cancer. Inside the operating theatre at St Bernard’s, the only hospital in the British overseas territory, a hi-tech robot with four arms, and fitted with a 3D camera, removed the prostate of Briton Paul Buxton, who moved to Gibraltar 40 years ago. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/6/2026