In a minute the speaker system announced, “Code Blue, Cot Eight, ICU.” Aadhira stood like a statue, guessing what must have happened.
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Dr. Ali answered, “Ma’am, he is well settled now. He responded to medicines, and his BP has come up. His priapism is also settled now.”
“Pria_, what is that?”
“Painful persistent erection of the penis.”
“She gave the name of some medicine also, but I did not catch it,” she added.
“Must have said Sildenafil. That is why you did not understand. Had she said the layman’s known word, Viagra, you would have.”
“So he had Viagra?”
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He had called, saying that he would get the data after the weekend and he would start analysing the same, as I had raised his interest. That was the only talk we had a day prior to his death.”
Raimy suddenly blurted, “I hope his death is not related to it.”
*
‘The doctor, hospital, and pharma company definitely deserve to be sued for taking me to the brink of death. I am not going to let them escape,’ and with these thoughts, Oliver started thinking about how to start collecting enough information and evidence to sue the giants.
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“Aadhira was very clear and said that though the uniqueness of AI lies in algorithms and detecting patterns, keeping that area as a second step if required, right now she wants to start with the data.
While going from the IT hub to K. R. Puram, on the road, a truck came from the Kalyan Nagar side and had a huge collision, throwing her scooter and herself into the air. She fell with great force and became a statistic of “Bengaluru sees about 13 accidents and two deaths daily”—she was one of those two for that day.
*
The media world over had interesting headlines in print media, catchy lines on social media, and even more catchy ones on TV channels and YouTube reports.
‘Bubble bursts.’
‘Not just a financial bubble; serious issues are causing it to burst.’
‘AI helps corrupt and greedy medical doctors.’
‘Where is the Hippocratic oath for AI in health?’
‘Who is the culprit: IT, pharma, doctors, or all?’
‘The genie is out of the bottle now. Will it be packed in?’
‘The day humans lost common sense, they went for AI.’
‘History repeats—the devil created by the creator starts ruling the creator.’
‘IT chiefs run all medical organisations?’
‘We need AI to get to criminal AI?’
‘Not miscalculations but misadventures will cause the bursting of even the financial bubble of AI.’
‘“Not the machine but the man behind the machine is important”—a famous slogan in medicine. AI in health forgot the same.’
‘“One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel”—will this cause the collapse of all AI?’