The first robot assisted surgery broadcast through 5G was conducted in Renji Hospital on Thursday, allowing doctors throughout the Yangtze River Delta region to witness proceedings. Doctors in other parts of the Renji medical network, student doctors studying in Renji and those working in Renji’s branch in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, were able to watch the whole da Vinci procedure performed by Dr Zhong Ming, deputy director of Renji’s gastrointestinal surgery department. Da Vinci is surgical system which uses robotic technology to allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures.