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Newcastle robot surgery inquest: 'Risk of further deaths'

There “remains a risk of further deaths” from robotic heart surgery, a coroner has warned during an inquest into a man’s death. Stephen Pettitt, 69, died after an operation led by Sukumaran Nair at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, in 2015. He was the first patient in the UK to undergo the pioneering treatment. Recording a […]