India partnering with Israel to adopt digital, AI solutions in healthcare

India already uses Israeli prowess in the fields of defence and agriculture (think drip irrigation). Now, it is showing a growing interest in Israel's digital health solutions as well

PillCam, a tiny capsule that travels inside the body, capturing images and information about the patient’s digestive tract, has changed the world of gastrointestinal diagnostics. Developed by Israeli inventor Gavriel Iddan and officially released in 2001, the PillCam SB video capsule has since been used nearly 1.5 million times by more than 5,000 medical facilities in over 75 countries. It has established wireless capsule endoscopy as the global standard for small bowel diagnostics.
 
Given Imaging, the company that sells PillCam SB, has profited enormously from it. “In 2010 alone, the company sold 221,300 capsules and reached an annual revenue