In November 2019, Dr Ashish Sabharwal attended the 25th Annual conference of Nigerian association of Urologic surgeons held at Ilorin, Nigeria

About 150 Urologists from all over Nigeria attended the meeting. It was a successful event and a fruitful discussion amongst all the doctors who were there in the meeting. The doctors who attended this meeting are reputed Urologists of Nigeria. They liked the presentation. I answered many of their questions like What is the cost of Robotic Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer treatment? When I told them that it cost USD 8500, they were happy and told me that this cost was much lower compared to the other hospitals all over the world who were offering robotic surgery.

When they asked me how the costs were so low, I explained that my patients never need ICU stay and do not need blood transfusion. Their hospital stay is only 2-3 days. I use minimum instrumentation. All these reduce the costs to the patient significantly.

All the doctors promised to refer me prostate cancer patients for robotic surgery treatment as they did not have this technology available locally and I was an expert offering this treatment at lower cost.