and so it begins...

(From The Scotsperson )
Hospital bids to be first to give patients surgery by robots

Published Date: 27 May 2011 By Frank Urquhart

A major campaign was launched yesterday to raise the £2.5 m needed to establish Scotland’s first “robotic”  surgical theatre at one of the country’s leading acute hospitals.

…. the fund raising drive has been launched to equip a theatre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with cutting edge equipment…

"This is going to hurt, a lot."