Bangkok hospital to open $5m robotic surgery center
A Bangkok hospital, one of Thailand’s largest private healthcare providers, plans to build a $5 million robotic surgery center.
According to a press release, the facility will have multiple operating rooms equipped with robotic platforms such as the da Vinci Xi surgical system from the United States.
The investment is part of the hospital’s five-year plan to expand its robotic surgery capabilities to include more specialties, such as ear, nose and throat surgery, as well as invest in education and training to become a Centre of Excellence for robotic surgery in Southeast Asia.
St Luke’s ElderCare’s Newest Robotic Rehabilitation and Therapy Center
Aged care service St Luke’s ElderCare (SLEC) recently opened a day rehabilitation centre in Butik Batok, a housing estate west of Singapore.
According to an announcement on LinkedIn, the facility will offer specialized rehabilitation therapy using robotics technology, augmented reality and gamification elements.
Meanwhile, SLEC recently conducted a project that used generative AI provided by MemoryLane to lend a hand older people write their life stories. The Golden Memories program aims to preserve their stories in books and films. The senior care program provider plans to roll out this program to more centers soon.
Hoan My, Abbott uses AI to diagnose non-communicable diseases
Privately held Hoan My Medical Group in Vietnam and Abbott Vietnam are set to implement an AI-based clinical decision support system as part of a collaboration aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of noncommunicable diseases.
In a statement, Hoan My Group CEO Dr. Dilshaad Ali Bin Abas Ali explained that their partnership with Abbott “will help improve diagnosis and effective treatment of noncommunicable diseases, which account for more than three-quarters of all deaths in Vietnam.”
CDSS will be used to categorize patients based on risk scores and AI-based data analysis, which will improve health screening. It will also lend a hand improve clinical management of care teams.
BecauseThe organizations will also work to implement a cardiovascular risk stratification program to predict the risk of future cardiac events; implement the Abbott Traumatic Brain Injury Test to assess brain damage; and create diabetes care programs and nutritional intervention plans.
In addition, they will develop public education programs focusing on chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, as well as infectious diseases such as influenza and dengue.