IBM’s Watson, an artificial intelligence system, is making headlines again and this time in a hospital system in India. India, with its significant population, has struggled with access to oncologists, leaving diseases undetected and untreated. In the U.S. there is one oncologist per 100 cancer patients and in India it is one oncologist to 1,600 cancer patients.

A hospital system in India is using Watson’s AI capability to diagnose and provide treatment recommendations for cancer patients in there. IBM’s “Watson for Oncology” was developed with oncology experts from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in New York. By deploying their system in India, those involved hope it will speed diagnosis and treatment and enable physicians to reduce waits and reach more in the medically-underserved country.

In India, IBM’s Watson Will Aid Cancer Care Where Doctors Are Scarce