India, Feb. 13 -- New Delhi, February 2026 - As India races to integrate artificial intelligence into its healthcare system-through telemedicine expansions, AI diagnostics, and massive data digitization under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)-a growing chorus of experts is sounding the alarm: without deliberate focus on equity, ethics, and inclusion, the technology could exacerbate rather than bridge the country's deep healthcare inequalities.

India's digital health transformation is among the world's fastest. Initiatives like ABDM aim to create unified digital health records for hundreds of millions, while AI tools are already boosting diagnostic accuracy by 20-30% in some areas and enabling early detection of diseases like tub...