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In a pioneering initiative to foster innovation at the intersection of medicine and technology, AIIMS Bibinagar and the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT Hyderabad jointly conducted theMedCare AI Impact Hackathon.

The event brought together doctors, medical students, researchers, and deep-tech innovators to co-create scalable, AI-driven healthcare solutions.

Over 65 ideas were submitted for the challenge, of which 17 promising teams were shortlisted for the final round. The top five teams were awarded early-stage programme funding, access to IIIT-H's research labs, and incubation support under a joint CIE-AIIMS initiative.

Winning ideas included smart dental diagnosti...