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Selangor pilots AI senior safety devices
The state government of Selangor in Malaysia's west will deploy 150 AI-powered safety monitoring devices for senior citizens at care centres and private homes from June, as reported by Media Selangor.
The devices, to be deployed by state-backed foundation Yayasan Warisan Anak Selangor, use infrared sensors and AI to monitor movement, detect falls and other high-risk situations, and send real-time alerts to care centre operators, family members, or security personnel.
The pilot follows a memorandum of understanding signed with South Korean technology company UNIUNI in October. It aligns with the Selangor Care Economy Policy 2024-2030, which prepares for an ageing population.
Google releases MedGemma health LLM for India
Google has released MedGemma 1.5, an open large language model (LLM) aimed at supporting population-scale healthcare AI development in India.
The 4-billion-parameter health LLM is designed to support complex medical imaging and data workflows, including CT and MRI volumes, digital pathology slides, chest X-ray analysis, anatomical localisation, and information extraction from medical laboratory reports.
The release follows Google's collaboration with All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which is using MedGemma to develop India's Health Foundation Models as part of the country's Digital Public Infrastructure initiative.
CityUHK launches data collaboration lab
The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has launched a data collaboration laboratory with Hong Kong Hospital Authority spin-off, EH Plus Digital Technology Limited, to support digital medicine research using health system data.
Based on a media release, the CityUHK-EHP Data Collaboration Laboratory provides authorised researchers with access to relevant anonymised datasets from the Hospital Authority, serving as a controlled environment for data-driven studies in digital health, AI, and medical research.
It is an initiative of the university's Institute of Digital Medicine, which was established in 2024 to strengthen academic and industry collaboration in digital healthcare.
Singapore opens genomic assessment centres
Singapore has officially opened its first Genomic Assessment Centre (GAC) at SingHealth, with two additional centres under NHG Health and the National University Health System beginning to accept referrals this year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said.
The GACs provide access to genetic counselling and testing services delivered by multidisciplinary teams of doctors and genetic counsellors, supporting national programmes such as familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) by enabling earlier risk identification, testing, and preventive interventions for individuals and their families.
The centres underpin Singapore's population genomics strategy alongside safeguards on data use and insurance, following the expansion of the national FH programme, which has referred more than 1,000 individuals for genetic testing since its launch last year.
