Gandhinagar, April 13 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday said that the state government has always supported emerging technologies in the medical sector and added that the time has now come to integrate artificial intelligence into healthcare.

"Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stated that Gujarat has consistently supported emerging technologies in the medical sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced robotic surgery in Gujarat as early as 2013. Now is the time to integrate artificial intelligence into the healthcare sector. The state government has paved the way for the integration of artificial intelligence at various stages within Gujarat's healthcare sector," as per a Gujarat Chief Minister's office release.

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