Some 94 percent of India’s healthcare leaders want their facilities to invest in AI, reflecting the transformation the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought and greater receptiveness to the technology, coupled with a growing awareness that India’s unique features make it fertile ground for the cultivation of AI+healthcare.

India has struggled to contain two waves of the COVID-19 virus, but, as the nation braces itself for a third wave, the healthtech industry has stepped in to help create a healthcare awareness program to defeat the pandemic.

India’s urban population have always had the luxury of easier access to healthcare than its countryfolk. But that is changing thanks to the advent of AI, machine learning and investment by several global tech giants, including IBM and Microsoft, who have embarked on transformative collaborations with a number of major Indian healthcare players looking to reenergize the industry to benefit its citizens.