First remote operation carried out using new network

A doctor in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, has become the first person in the world to complete animal surgery remotely using a 5G network.

Taking place on Dec 18, the operation saw a doctor manipulate a surgical robot 50 kilometers away to successfully remove the hepatic lobules of a small pig in illness.

The operation was carried out by Liu Rong, a surgeon from the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, while in the southeast research institute of telecom firm China Unicom, which provided the 5G network environment for the surgery.