Modern medicine: New technology allows precision

Medicine has definitely come a long way since the use of leeches and bleeding people to relieve them of disease and evil humors.

Today’s high-tech advancements in medical equipment have provided physicians with the capability of precision that makes even the 1990s seem archaic.

And Northern Colorado’s hospitals are spending millions to stay current.

Among the new wave of technology available in the region is the $1.2 million daVinci robotic surgery instrument, now in use at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.

“Robotics are big for surgery,´ said Craig Luzinsky, chief nursing officer for PVH. “Poudre Valley Hospital has a…