DIR-025
Health · AI in healthcare · initiative
The directive
RealLaunch the Vaidya AI WhatsApp chatbot (nearby facilities, health schemes, feedback) as a three-month pilot across the civic health system.
- Issued by
- Additional Municipal Commissioner (City)
- Date
- 14 Aug 2026
- Location
- Citywide (WhatsApp)
- Wards
- Not ward-specific
- Context
- Launch with Fractal Analytics; she said it would link citizens' treatment information with the civic health system.
Source: BMC Launches AI-Powered WhatsApp Chatbot 'Vaidya AI' For Public Healthcare Services, Free Press Journal, 15 Aug 2026
Status
This directive has no simulated status.
Public updates
Real- 18 Aug 2026
Digital Health News: datasets to be integrated 'starting with six places in Mumbai, including two large hospitals'; pilot also includes an AI pre-consultation tool feeding HMIS and a public health dashboard. No later usage or results report found. Read report
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