The Brief
- St. Anthony’s Hospital has added two robots to its staff.
- The robots, Beaker and Hygeia, pick up and deliver labs and prescriptions.
- Hospital staff said the robots free up nurses to spend more time with their patients.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – There are two new employees at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
They don’t take any days off, work 24/7 and their colleagues call them their versions of “R2-D2.” The hospital recently hired two robots that help nurses pick up and deliver labs and prescriptions, letting them spend more time with their patients.
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