Ahmedabad: Hospitals across the city are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and robotics, moving beyond administrative tasks and taking on direct roles in early cancer detection, surgical planning, and disease prediction.Cdr Jelson Kavalakkat, CEO of Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad, said that an in-house AI tool integrates clinical data, lifestyle inputs and medical history into a unified system. “This platform goes beyond reporting a patient’s current health status. It predicts future disease risks, often years before symptoms arise,” he said, adding that in Ahmedabad, the platform handles about 400 monthly health checks at the facility. At Zydus Hospital, robotic-assisted procedures now account for four out of 10 surgeries. Dr Riddhi Shah, an obstetrician-gynaecologist and robotic surgeon there, said AI is also being used to plan minimally invasive operations, particularly for patients with complications that make conventional surgery riskier. Dr Parth Desai, COO of KD Hospital, noted that AI already supports management functions, such as forecasting bed requirements for a specific period, based on historical data. He said AI’s role will expand as hospitals adopt integrated patient databases. Sterling Hospital, meanwhile, is adding another surgical robot to meet growing demand. Medical superintendent Dr Sudhir Morad said the Gurukul facility aims to go fully paperless within six months. “AI and robotics have been buzzwords for the past year, and we see several applications. We are aiming at a paperless hospital in the next two quarters,” he said.
