New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Would you be comfortable letting an artificial intelligence (AI) tool listen in to your conversation with a doctor? Or would you trust a scan report written up by a bot?

Doctors in India are driving the entry of AI in the medical mainstream and chains such as Narayana Health and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd are gearing up to enhance their services with this frontier technology.

AI is being adopted across the board-from consultation and diagnosis to critical care. Doctors are pushing for AI to not only improve productivity and diagnosis but also address issues including second opinions, faster test results and quicker access to doctors, freeing up their time to see more patients.

"In the near future, smart soft...