Soldiers may soon have implantable health monitors and robotic surgeries done remotely

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Soldiers may soon have implantable health monitors and robotic surgeries done remotely
By: Kathleen Curthoys  


Soldiers may soon be carrying monitoring devices that can alert doctors thousands of miles away to medical emergencies and the need for treatment.

The devices may even be implanted in soldiers and continuously monitor their status, the Army’s top doctor said in describing the near future of Army medicine.

“We should be monitoring all soldiers, all the time, looking for patterns of injury or other signs for early detection,” said Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the Army’s surgeon general, during a talk May 8 at the Association of the U.S. Army in Arlington, Virginia. “We can do better when every soldier is a sensor, and we can continuously monitor information culled from them.”

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/05/18/soldiers-may-soon-have-implantable-health-monitors-and-robotic-surgeries-done-remotely/