hyderabad the state government is planning to invest more in artificial intelligence ai for public healthcare and improve its infrastructure said dr g srinivasa rao director of public health family welfarewhile inaugurating an advanced artificial intelligence integrated petct at yashoda hospitals somajiguda dr rao said the governments aim is to make hyderabad a medical tourism hub for domestic and international patientsartificial intelligence is the buzzword and latest innovation today and like hospitals such as yashoda the government is also trying to leverage ai in public health he saidthe pet ct scanner provides high definition images with reduced scanning duration and lesser radiation dose rao saiddr pavan gorukanti director yashoda hospitals group said since cancer cells require a great deal of sugar or glucose to have enough energy to grow the pet scanning reveals the cancer growths which are usually difficult to characterize by conventional ct xray or mriwhile inaugurating the facility dr rao also urged private hospitals to come forward for covid vaccination drive for police and other frontline workers