KMC to deploy artificial intelligence system for cancer detection - ET HealthWorld

MANGALURU: To provide continued access to world-class treatment to the people of Mangaluru, KMC Hospital announced the launch of a new block at Dr B R Ambedkar Circle. The new block, which is equipped with state-of-the-art multidisciplinary facility to cater to people with all types of ailments, will be inaugurated by defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday. Dr Krishna Prasad, medical oncologist at KMC Hospital Mangaluru, said, "On the occasion, the IBM Watsons for oncology will be inaugurated at the hospital. "The supercomputer uses artificial intelligence as a tool for diagnosis and treatment of cancer," said Dr Prasad. Manipal Hospitals is only the second hospital chain in the world to deploy the technology, the first being Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York," he claimed.