
An artificial intelligence system to keep patients in isolation rooms safe. When a patient leaves the bed, thermal cameras will send an alarm to the nurses’ station. — The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE: Nifty 5G-powered robots and augmented reality may be part of the healthcare landscape here soon, as Singapore continues to find smarter ways of better caring for patients in the face of a rapidly ageing population.
Innovations such as these will help the nation’s healthcare system cope with future challenges, such as a limited labour force arising from a greying population, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Innovate 2022 conference on Friday.
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