Tommy, a Robot Nurse Helps Italy Doctors Safe from Coronavirus

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2 April 2020 08:58 WIB

A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at a patient's room, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. Tommy is one of six new robots helping flesh-and-blood doctors and nurses care for coronavirus patients at the Circolo Hospital in Varese, a city in the northern Lombardy region that is the epicentre of the outbreak in Italy. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at the corridor, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. The child-size robots with large blinking eyes are wheeled into rooms and left by a patient's bedside so doctors can look after others who are in more serious conditions. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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A health worker looks at the screen showing images taken by a robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. They monitor parameters from equipment in the room, relaying them to hospital staff. The robots have touch-screen faces that allow patients to record messages and send them to doctors. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at a patient's room, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. Most importantly, Tommy and his high-tech teammates allow the hospital to limit the amount of direct contact doctors and nurses have with patients, thus reducing the risk of infection. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at a patient's room, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. More than 4,000 Italian health workers have contracted the virus treating victims in Italy and 66 doctors have died. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at a patients' room, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy April 1, 2020. The death toll in Italy, the world's hardest hit country in terms of deaths, topped 13,000 on Wednesday, more than a third of all global fatalities. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

2 April 2020 00:00 WIB