AN eight-day-old baby in a hospital bed is tended to by a robot remotely controlled by a doctor, in scenes which could herald the future of the NHS.
Little Yousef is hours away from a life-saving heart operation, and his distraught family are aware there is a chance he won’t pull through.
But they can at least be comforted knowing that he has a constant companion in the Intensive Care Unit.
The tot is being closely monitored by a state-of-the-art £60,000 robot that allows doctors to check on him regularly – even if they are miles away at home.
Yousef is being cared for at the Safra Children’s Hospital, part of the pioneering Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.