A system for permitting a medical practitioner to interact with medical information, the system comprising: a touchless sensing unit comprising an electric field sensor for detecting at least a 3D position of a reference object used by the medical practitioner to touchlessly interact with the touchless sensing unit; at least one control unit (14, 204) being in communication with the touchless sensing unit for: determining a touchless gesture performed by the medical practitioner using the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit; identifying a command relative to the medical information that corresponds to the received touchless gesture and executing the command in order to display the medical information on a display unit; wherein the control unit (14, 204) is in communication with the touchless sensing unit for generating a graphical user interface, GUI, comprising a virtual representation of the reference object, and at least one virtual icon (82 - 88), characterized in that the GUI additionally comprises a virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit, a position of the virtual representation of the reference object relative to the virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit within the GUI being chosen as a function of the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit so as to provide the medical practitioner with a visual feedback of a relative position between the reference object and the touchless sensing unit, each of the at least one virtual icon corresponding to one of a respective mode of operation, a respective user notification and a respective system setting option; and displaying the GUI on the display unit along with the medical information. a touchless sensing unit comprising an electric field sensor for detecting at least a 3D position of a reference object used by the medical practitioner to touchlessly interact with the touchless sensing unit; at least one control unit (14, 204) being in communication with the touchless sensing unit for: determining a touchless gesture performed by the medical practitioner using the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit; identifying a command relative to the medical information that corresponds to the received touchless gesture and executing the command in order to display the medical information on a display unit; wherein the control unit (14, 204) is in communication with the touchless sensing unit for generating a graphical user interface, GUI, comprising a virtual representation of the reference object, and at least one virtual icon (82 - 88), characterized in that the GUI additionally comprises a virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit, a position of the virtual representation of the reference object relative to the virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit within the GUI being chosen as a function of the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit so as to provide the medical practitioner with a visual feedback of a relative position between the reference object and the touchless sensing unit, each of the at least one virtual icon corresponding to one of a respective mode of operation, a respective user notification and a respective system setting option; and displaying the GUI on the display unit along with the medical information. determining a touchless gesture performed by the medical practitioner using the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit; identifying a command relative to the medical information that corresponds to the received touchless gesture and executing the command in order to display the medical information on a display unit; wherein the control unit (14, 204) is in communication with the touchless sensing unit for generating a graphical user interface, GUI, comprising a virtual representation of the reference object, and at least one virtual icon (82 - 88), characterized in that the GUI additionally comprises a virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit, a position of the virtual representation of the reference object relative to the virtual representation of the touchless sensing unit within the GUI being chosen as a function of the 3D position of the reference object detected by the touchless sensing unit so as to provide the medical practitioner with a visual feedback of a relative position between the reference object and the touchless sensing unit, each of the at least one virtual icon corresponding to one of a respective mode of operation, a respective user notification and a respective system setting option; and displaying the GUI on the display unit along with the medical information.