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Official: Govt wants to make AI resources available to medical school students.

New Delhi – According to an official from the Health Ministry in New Delhi, the first phase will include around 57 smaller medical colleges and rural areas. B Srinivas, the Deputy Director-General (Medical Education), said that it is difficult for students in medical colleges located in remote areas to get access to e books and other technical materials. This includes AI material. Srinivas explained that “the government is considering the use of AI in order to reach out to students in remote areas… In the National Medical Library, we have begun the process of securing e-books, digital clinical material and we are currently doing this in proximately 57 government medical college across the country.” He said that the government wants to gradually scale up this initiative.

“We will include private medical colleges in the future. He said that because the budget comes from the government, they are focusing on only the government institutions. It is easy to build campuses and infrastructure, but it takes time to develop the knowledge base, said Mr. Ayad. The panelists focused their discussion on the ways in which responsible AI can promote health equity. They discussed how it could improve access to trusted medical information, clinical decision-support, and workforce cacities. Speakers discussed the importance of bringing together industry leaders, policymakers and healthcare professionals to focus on transparency, trust and governance. The panel discussed how AI systems that are evidence-based and explainable can be used safely and at large scales to improve health outcomes and strengthen healthcare systems, especially in emerging and resource-constrained environments.

Published on Feb 16, 2026, at 3:49 PM (IST)

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Manipal Health purchases land and hospital in Mumbais Andheri at Rs 495 Crore

Mumbai – Temasek, TPG, and hospital operator Manipal Health Enterprises have acquired a property in Mumbai’s west suburb of Andheri, for Rs 495 Crore, in one of the largest healthcare real estate deals in the country this year.

This transaction involves a 0.19-acre land parcel and an operational hospital spread over a built up area of proximately 2.22 lakh square feet in Andheri East. This second phase of the transaction brings the overall deal’s value up to Rs 908 cr.

Manipal had previously sold the primary hospital parcel, which covered a large part of the 2,62-acre land, as well as the main hospital, in a transaction that was registered in 2024. The company paid Rs 413 billion.

This property was purchased from a group of sellers that included Khubchandani Hospitals and Investment, Perfect Realty and Khubchandani Properties and Investment. Documents accessed by CRE Matrix – a real estate data platform – showed that the second tranche of the transaction, which was concluded on 6 May, had attracted a payment of Rs 29,22 crore in stamp duty. The transaction shows the desire of large healthcare providers to secure strategic hospital assets within key urban centres. This is particularly true in Mumbai, where large, operational healthcare facilities are scarce, despite a growing need for tertiary-care infrastructure. The healthcare and hospital real estate market has grown in recent years, as hospital chains have sought to increase their presence within high-density metropolises through acquisitions or long-term growth strategies. Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (formerly Manipal Health Enterprises) has been expanding across major Indian Cities through a mixture of acquisitions as well as brownfield expansions. They have also scaled up their existing facilities.

Manipal Hospitals has expanded its national footprint after acquiring AMRI Hospitals and Medica, two of India’s biggest healthcare providers. The combined network operates 37 hospitals in 19 cities, with more than 10,000 beds and serves over 7,000,000 patients per year. The email sent by ET to Manipal Health Enterprises on

was not answered. Mumbai is a growing market for healthcare operators due to an increase in demand for specialised healthcare facilities, medical tourism, and integrated healthcare campus. In addition, the city has seen a rise in investor interest for healthcare-linked assets. This is due to stable occupancy levels as well as long-term prospects of growth for organized hospital operators. The latest acquisition comes on the heels of several large-value healthcare and institutional property transactions in Mumbai that were recorded over the past 12 months, reflecting a sustained demand across sectors for operational assets despite high property values.

Published on May 13, 2026, at 8:31 AM (IST)

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Qure.ai unveils a report mapping AI implementation across Indias public health system

Published On February 16, 2026 At 04:49 PM IST.

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AIIMS revives rare double-organ-transplant programme after 18-years

New Delhi, India: AIIMS Delhi has successfully revived its simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK), dual-organ-transplant programme after an 18-year period. A 30-year-old Haryana resident with long-standing type 1 diabetes suffered from kidney failure at the end stage.

By treating both diabetes and kidney failure simultaneously, the surgery may be able to free patients from lifelong dialysis as well as insulin dependence. AIIMS officials stated that the patient who was operated on ril 14 is stable, with near-normal blood glucose levels and minimal insulin requirements. The patient was suffering from severe diabetic complications including neuropathy and retinopathy. His heart’s ejection portion had been reduced to 25 percent, making surgery a complex procedure. After the two-and a half-hour transplant, the blood sugar levels ridly improved and the kidney function stabilised. After about two weeks, the patient was discharged. AIIMS performed two similar procedures in the past: India’s first successful SPK-transplant in 2004, on Sagar Aggarwal (a Type 1 diabetic patient), and a second successful dual transplant, in 2008, on Mohammad Nadeem (a Delhi-based diabetes patient). Both patients were reported to be free of insulin injections and dialysate after surgery by doctors. Prof V K Bansal performed the latest transplant with Prof Ashish and Dr Deepesh of PGIMER Chandigarh. The team was made up of specialists in surgery, nephrology and endocrinology. Prof Dipankar Bhowmik, Prof Sandeep Mahajan and Prof Nikhil Tandon provided support from the nephrology team. Prof Rahul led the anaesthesia team. Prof Nishant contributed expertise from the endocrinology team. According to them, only 5-6 centres in India perform pancreas grafts. The total number of these procedures is estimated at 150-200. AIIMS currently has 8-10 patients waiting for SPK transplantation.

The post-operative care is also crucial because transplant patients are at high risk of infection due to the lifelong immunosuppressive drugs needed to prevent organ reject. Doctors say that a successful pancreas and kidney transplant can change the lives of severe Type 1 diabetics. Most become insulin-independent after surgery, and have regained essentially normal quality of life.

Published May 14, 2026 07:42 AM IST.

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A pocket-sized device can detect liver problems in less than three minutes.

Published on May 29, 2026, at 7:59 AM (IST)

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India and UK scale up study of AI-enabled tool for mental health for young girls.

Researchers in India and the UK have collaborated on a new project worth 5.3 million pounds to adt and scale up a digital mental health program for adolescent girl living in Indian villages. The project was launched in New Delhi, India, this week to coincide with an AI Impact Summit. It involves Imperial College London and Cambridge University, as well as Milaan Foundation and Tata Institute of social sciences. The team’s goal is to create and test an AI-based chatbot that will help girls who are experiencing low mood or anxiety in rural India. The project, led by Professor Ceire Costelloe of the School of Public Health at Imperial College, is at a crossroads of AI, digital health, and global mental equity.

“Our role at Imperial College is to ensure AI-enabled intervention are properly evaluated with real-world data and implemented in a way that is ethical, transparent, and responsive to the local context. She said that this is crucial if digital tools for mental health are to have a meaningful impact on the scale required. The research, funded by Wellcome will support a study that will scale up a clinically validated AI tool. This will be delivered via Wysa’s digital mental health platform which offers chatbots to help users and directs them to the propriate healthcare resources. The purpose of this study is to see if the tool will help to address anxiety and low-mood among adolescent females, who have some of most severe mental health issues.

This tool will be available to girls facing significant barriers to mental support. These include limited autonomy, restricted technology access, lower literacy and stigma.

“We have seen through Wysa’s implementation of the ‘Phygital AI’ DreamKit how the right support helps a girl develop skills and emotional resilience to help her in everyday life. Now, we want to develop a programme that is culturally and clinically tested. It will help her in those moments she really struggles,” said Jo Aggarwal CEO at Wysa. Wysa was designed as a platform that provides both AI and human assistance to healthcare providers, including the UK’s National Health Service. India, according to official figures, is home to 253 millions children and adolescents aged 10-19. This makes it the world’s biggest adolescent populace.

The majority of mental illnesses begin before age 14, and suicide is one of the most common causes of death for young people. Girls are especially vulnerable to anxiety and depression, as well as social, cultural, and technological barriers. The study will m the cultural, technical, social, and practical barriers preventing rural India’s adolescent females from accessing digital mental health care. These insights will then be used to adjust Wysa’s AI enabled content and delivery model so that it reflects lived realities for girls, their families, and their communities. The adtion will be evaluated on its efficacy, acceptability and viability in low-to-middle income settings.

“This funding allows for us to go beyond simple translation. Working closely with academics and community partners, our goal is to co-design a mobile intervention that’s not only clinically useful, but also genuinely usable for adolescent Indian girls.

Digital interventions for mental health are usually p-based programs that offer guided tools to manage anxiety or low mood. AI chatbots are one way to allow users to ask questions about their mental health in a safe environment.

These interventions can be rigorously tested and could provide access to evidence based mental health services in places where they are difficult or limited to reach. Miranda Wolpert Director of Mental Health at Wellcome said, “We are pleased to support Wysa’s work to adt and expand this evidence-based digital interventions to address anxiety and depressive disorders in rural India. She said that the funding was given as part of a call to identify and scale up digital innovations to support early intervention. Imperial College London’s team will be responsible for providing scientific leadership in the AI, digital health and data research. They will oversee the design of the study, the evaluation framework, and the implementation. They will also ensure that the intervention is clinically efficient, ethically sound, informed by real world data, and designed to be delivered at scale within low resource settings. Amanda Wolthuizen Vice-President for Communications and Strategic Engagement Imperial College London said: “This project exemplifies Imperial Global India’s ambition to strengthen and extend our academic, industry and innovation partnerships with India.

“Through international collaboration, we can improve the health and well-being of millions of people in the world through science for humanity.”
Published on February 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM IST
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