Vol. 12 No. 1 (2019): The Timeless Mahatma
Opinions

Can Artificial Intelligence be a solution for the challenges faced by Indian Health Care?

Buddhdev Pandya MBE
British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Bio
Gandhi on his salt walk

Published 2020-04-20

Keywords

  • artificial intelligence,
  • indian,
  • healthcare

How to Cite

Pandya, B. (2020). Can Artificial Intelligence be a solution for the challenges faced by Indian Health Care?. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 12(1), 30–32. https://doi.org/10.38192/12.1.17

Abstract

India with a population of nearly 1.3 billion has unimaginable challenges in planning for a health care system. While accessibility in geographical terms is challenging for a huge country, the rich and affluent can access state of the art services, while lower- and middle-income population are left to face cruel choices, as the state health infrastructure remains sparse and grossly under-funded. The evolution of new quantum computing and its capitulation with robotic or molecular technologies is creating faster diagnostic and treatment algorithms. With the availability of satellite communications for remote areas and advances in accurate sensing gadgets, the possibility of providing rapid healthcare via artificial intelligence is becoming closer to reality.