When Surgery Goes Borderless

Kugan Thirunavakasaru, Chief Innovation Officer, CelcomDigi | Professor Dr Adina Abdullah, Family Medicine Specialist and Acting Head of the Digital Health Unit, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre

15-Jan-26 11:00

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In this episode of Tech Talk, we explore how 5G, AI, and mixed reality are reshaping the future of healthcare delivery. Following among the world’s first multi-country live surgery conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre and CelcomDigi, we look at how holomedicine is enabling real time surgical mentoring, immersive medical training, and cross border collaboration.

T. Kugan, Chief Innovation Officer at CelcomDigi, and Professor Dr Adina Abdullah, Head of Digital Health Unit at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, share how ultra low latency 5G and holographic visualisation are moving from pilot projects into real clinical environments. We discuss what this means for access to specialist care, surgical education, and Malaysia’s ambitions as a regional healthcare and medical training hub.

Produced by: Richard Bradbury

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: technology, wellness

Tags: immersive medical training, holomedicine, technology, healthcare, surgery,

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