El Salvador's president entrusts monitoring of chronic patients to Google's AI
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has announced a new healthcare initiative that utilizes Google's AI to monitor chronic diseases. The DoctorSV app will screen users for conditions like diabetes and hypertension, offering free tests and consultations based on AI-generated diagnoses. Bukele claims this system will enhance personal follow-up for patients, which would be unfeasible with human staff alone.
- ▪President Nayib Bukele aims to build the best healthcare system in the world.
- ▪The DoctorSV app uses Google's AI to monitor chronic diseases.
- ▪Patients receive free tests and can consult specialists based on AI suggestions.
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Manuel Bello, director general of DoctorSV (right), and Eduardo Lopez, president of Google Cloud for Latin America (center), at the DoctorSV control center in San Salvador, December 2, 2025. JESSICA ORELLANA/REUTERS "We are building the best healthcare system in the world," said Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, unafraid of hyperbole, who once proclaimed himself "the world's coolest dictator." "We will be a global example, just as we are with security," he added on April 15, referring to the "war" he waged against crime under a "state of exception" in place since March 2022, which he claims has been victorious.
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