Kirk Douglas buys Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles a $2.3 million robot
The gift will cover the cost for a da Vinci robot, which helps surgeons to make smaller incisions and improves accuracy.
Dr. Paul Kokorowski, Director of Robotic Surgery in the Division of Urology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Kirk Douglas and wife Anne. (Credit CHLA)
Actor Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne, have given the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles $2.3 million to pay for a new surgical robot in the hospital’s department for surgical pediatric urology.
The gift will cover the cost for a da Vinci robot, the hospital announced, which helps surgeons to make smaller incisions, improves accuracy and provides 3-D imagery.
“This single piece of equipment will create more hope and better treatment outcomes for thousands of children suffering from a variety of issues that can be improved surgically,” said Richard D. Cordova, the hospital’s CEO, in a statement.
The hospital has had a robotics program since 2009 and has performed more than 400 successful surgeries.
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