Hyderabad: Dakshin Healthcare Summit 2024, thought leadership conclave by TV9 Network and South First, brought together the brightest minds in healthcare for collaboration, innovation, and knowledge exchange on New Age Technology, AI, Robotics.
The event at Taj Krishna in Hyderabad, saw the participation of Dr Vijay Chandru, Founder, Strand Life Sciences, Dr Vishal Rao, Country Director – Head & Neck Surgical Oncology, HCG, Dr Arvinder Singh Soin among others.
Addressing challenges of AI, Dr Chandru said that the big challenge is with certain types of AI. “Especially Generative AI. Most excitement is about generative AI. One has to remember that these are Black box technologies. When you run a deep neural network, how do you know what it is saying? How do you explain the conclusions it is arriving at? This is not going to meet any regulatory standards.”
“A big positive is Ayushman Bharat digital mission. We are going to collect data and create large digital lockers. The ability to leverage that is important,” he stated.
Robotics in Neurology:
Dr Syed M Ghouse, Consultant Robotic Surgeon and Urologist, AINU India, expanded on the benefits of robotics in neurology. “In Neurology, robotics is used extensively more than any other field. Precision is only possible through robotics and I can vouch for that.”
AI in Drug Discovery, Diagnosis:
Dr Arvinder Singh Soin, Chairman, Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Mednata said that AI plays increasingly bigger role in drug discovery, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of diseases. “Drug discovery used to be manual but it’s now built into AI algorithms. Time of discovery has been shrunk significantly. In diagnostics, for pathology and imaging, AI algorithms are very good. Diseases are picked up much earlier.”
He further said that majority of surgeries are now performed with robotic surgery. “Robotic instruments can get to nooks and corners that hands and normal instruments cannot get into. Precision of surgery is much better now.”
He emphasised that safety must be incorporated with new technologies and techniques.
Dr Gagandeep Kang, FRS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stated that AI will improve the existing models of vaccine production and research beyond human capabilities. “Using AI we can significantly cut down on the time wasted on trial and error. There is precedent for AI assisting in vaccine production in South Korea, and it is likely to occur more,” she said.
TV9 Network and South First hosted a Dakshin Healthcare Summit 2024, a thought leadership conclave to bring together the brightest minds in healthcare and create a unique platform for exchange of ideas and opinions, to innovate and ideate how people can live a longer, disease-free and healthy life. Health Health News: Latest News from Health Care, Mental Health, Weight Loss, Disease, Nutrition, Healthcare
