New Delhi | Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday said it has crossed 10,000 robotics surgery mark in the country.

In the last two years alone, the healthcare major has witnessed over 400 per cent increase in the number of robotic-assisted procedures performed across its hospitals in India.

Robotic surgeries have seen maximum application across urological, gynaecology, oncology, orthopaedic and cardiothoracic procedures, Apollo Hospitals said in a statement.

"Robotics is one more step in our mission to bring the best healthcare to all and we strongly believe that it will form the backbone of our country's medical infrastructure in the decade to come," Apollo Hospitals Group Chairman Prathap Reddy said.

In the first two months of this year, Apollo Hospitals has already performed more than 450 robotic surgeries in the country and expects this number to increase significantly through the year, it said.

The healthcare major currently has over 10,000 beds across 71 hospitals.