From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure
Latest medical analysis has proven that artificial intelligence can help predict future ailments.
This declare was made on the third public well being grand spherical desk organised by the College of Public Well being, Ondo State College of Medical Sciences, Ondo, the place medical specialists had been gathered for deliberations on the future of public well being.
On the programme, themed, “Stopping the Subsequent Pandemic: Use of Artificial Intelligence for Epidemic Monitoring and Alerts,” the visitor lecturer, Prof Oluwadiya Kehinde, who’s a surgeon and data know-how guru, mentioned: “AI used machine studying strategies can be leveraged upon to forestall the unfold of lethal infectious disease outbreak.
“AI helps to course of medical knowledge which well being care employees can interpret to enhance well being outcomes. It can be utilized to public well being within the space of predicting communicable disease outbreak, and the course that surveillance will take in the direction of disease prevention and management.”
Talking on the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor, College of Maiduguri (UNIMED), Prof Adesegun Fatusi described “Artificial Intelligence as a computer- pushed trendy and modern methodology that each well being care employee ought to embrace and be taught its operations. AI can pre-scan medical pictures and flag these of them which are uncommon and direct the road of administration.”
The Dean of the College of Public Well being, Prof Olalekan Adebimpe, noticed that “pathogens or microbes are combating people for survival. A part of their technique is to catch people unaware, prefer it did throughout COVID 19. Artificial intelligence can help to predict future disease outbreaks and place us for environment friendly epidemic preparedness.”
The programme was attended by well being care professionals, medical practitioners, employees and college students of the college.