# FICCI launches Telangana healthcare panel with AI focus 2026-08-10T01:01:56+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet FICCI has launched its first Telangana healthcare panel in Hyderabad to draw up policy recommendations for the state government. The panel will focus on AI-enabled, preventive and accessible healthcare, medical tourism, and skilling the healthcare workforce. At the launch conference, experts said AI could enable early disease prediction and better integration of fragmented patient records. Dr Mona Duggal of ICMR called for moving from health records to 'wellness records'. Dr Chinna Babu, the panel's co-chair, stressed the need to extend preventive care to tier-2 and tier-3 cities, where poor infrastructure forces patients to travel to larger cities, increasing out-of-pocket costs. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: AI in healthcare, digital health, FICCI, health policy, medical tourism, Telangana healthcare Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ficci-launches-telangana-healthcare-panel-with-ai-focus/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ficci-launches-telangana-healthcare-panel-with-ai-focus/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.