Starting next week, the State Health Department will start Artificial Intelligence (AI) based lung cancer screening for patients in 19 district hospitals in Karnataka. The screening technology, that will be first deployed in K.C. General Hospital in Bengaluru, is set to benefit 1.4 lakh patients across Karnataka annually.
With most lung cancer cases detected at the last stage in the absence of specific common testing techniques for the disease, early intervention has become a challenge. In this context, the Karnataka health department has tied up with AstraZeneca to deploy AI-based lung cancer screening technology in its hospitals.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the National Health Mission and the pharma company in the presence of Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on October 12.
