The company entered the local market in 1994, when it started with equipment for chronic dialysis and in 2002 launched the first robotic surgery program.
According to Harris Palaondas, business director al Sofmedica, a supplier of da Vinci robots, in Romania there are 13 robotic surgery systems.
In 2022, 1,300 surgeries with da Vinci robot were performed in Romania, out of which 85% in private hospitals and the rest in the public system.
Romania’s potential is double as regards robotic interventions and Sofmedica this year expects 2,000 surgeries in local market centers.
A reimbursement program is needed for robotic surgery to be expanded to more public hospitals, according to Harris Palaondas.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)