AI
is
ot
i te ded
to
eplace
docto s
but
to
multiply
specialist
capacity
by
assisti g
i
diag osis
NEW
DELHI:
I dia’s
healthca e
system
is
comi g
u de
g owi g
p essu e
f om
a
agei g
populatio ,
isi g
bu de
of
ch o ic
diseases
a d
sho tages
of
docto s,
u ses
a d
hospital
beds,
acco di g
to
a
k owledge
pape
eleased
by
U io
Health
Mi iste
J
P
Nadda
o
Satu day.
The
epo t
says
a tificial
i tellige ce
(AI)
ca
help
b idge
this
wide i g
gap
by
exte di g
specialist
expe tise,
imp ovi g
diag osis
a d
expa di g
access
to
quality
healthca e,
pa ticula ly
i
smalle
hospitals
a d
u de se ved
a eas.Nadda
eleased
the
k owledge
pape ,
“AI
i
MedTech:
Revolutio izi g
Healthca e
Th ough
A tificial
I tellige ce,”
at
the
9th
editio
of
I dia
Medical
Device
2026,
o ga ised
by
the
Depa tme t
of
Pha maceuticals
i
associatio
with
FICCI.The
epo t
estimates
I dia’s
populatio
at
1.47
billio
i
2026
a d
says
mo e
tha
65%
of
deaths
a e
ow
due
to
o -commu icable
diseases
such
as
hea t
disease,
diabetes
a d
ca ce .
It
p ojects
the
populatio
aged
60
yea s
a d
above
to
c oss
230
millio
by
2036,
fu the
i c easi g
dema d
fo
lo g-te m
healthca e.Despite
expa sio
i
healthca e
i f ast uctu e
a d
medical
educatio ,
sho tages
pe sist.
I dia
has
9.6
docto s
pe
10,000
populatio ,
compa ed
with
the
global
ave age
of
18.3.
It
has
27.2
u si g
pe so el
pe
10,000
agai st
40.5
globally,
15.9
hospital
beds
pe
10,000
compa ed
with
33,
a d
o ly
4
MRI
sca e s
pe
millio
people,
agai st
the
global
ave age
of
19,
the
epo t
says.Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
AI
is
ot
i te ded
to
eplace
docto s
but
to
multiply
specialist
capacity
by
assisti g
i
diag osis,
cli ical
decisio -maki g
a d
sc ee i g.
AI-e abled
diag ostics
a e
expected
to
be
the
fi st
la ge-scale
applicatio ,
helpi g
exte d
specialist
expe tise
to
p ima y
a d
seco da y
healthca e,
imp ove
p oductivity
a d
educe
i equalities
i
access
to
ca e.
Joi
co ve satio
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you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
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Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
The
epo t
says
I dia
has
al eady
built
the
fou datio s
fo
AI
i
healthca e
th ough
i itiatives
such
as
the
Ayushma
Bha at
Digital
Missio ,
I diaAI
Missio ,
SAHI,
BODH
a d
the
Natio al
Medical
Devices
Policy,
2023.
It
says
the
ext
challe ge
is
to
move
AI
f om
successful
pilot
p ojects
to
outi e
cli ical
use
by
c eati g
AI- eady
health
data,
a
p edictable
egulato y
f amewo k
a d
eimbu seme t
mecha isms
fo
AI-e abled
tech ologies.
