AI to Revolutionize Healthcare, Reduce Workforce Burden: MoHFW Secretary

• AI integration aims to bridge healthcare gaps and ease the burden on medical staff, not replace human intervention.
• MoHFW Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava highlighted AI's role in interpreting and prioritizing data for public health.
• India's digital health ecosystem, including Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and eSanjeevani, is rapidly expanding.
• Successful AI applications like MadhuNETrAI for diabetic retinopathy and 'Cough Against TB' are already in use.
• Three Centres of Excellence for AI in healthcare established at AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh, and AIIMS Rishikesh.