Date Time Peninsula Private brings robot benefits to regions Dr Charles Pilgrim and Kerri Jones with Peninsula Private Hospital’s new da Vinci XI machine. Patients in Victoria’s Frankston and Mornington regions will no longer have to travel to Melbourne for ‘revolutionary’ robot surgery thanks to Peninsula Private Hospital’s latest investment. The Frankston-based facility has bought the renowned da Vinci Xi machine, whose advanced technology has helped to significantly improve patient outcomes according to published reviews. Its use has led to fewer overall complications, a shorter stay in hospital and less pain than for those people who have open surgery.