Pakistan is currently examining the use of artificial general intelligence (AGI) to enhance diagnostics and nursing education.
The Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council (PNMC), responsible for licensing nurses, midwives, and health visitors, has partnered with the California-based AI firm MindHYVE.ai to tackle issues in nursing education.
The PNMC estimates that the country requires over 3.1 million skilled nurses and midwives, while the current workforce stands at only 172,000.
Without intervention, it could take more than 90 years to bridge this gap. Therefore, the PNMC is actively seeking solutions to expedite nursing training and is identifying pilot sites for testing MindHYVE.ai’s autonomous AI education assistant after a recent demonstration.
The AI tool is designed to customize training for each learner based on a neuro-psychological assessment and continuously adjusts to their learning progress.
Additionally, MindHYVE.ai has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Islamabad Diagnostic Centre (IDC) to deploy two AGI-driven systems across its network of over 140 private centers.
- A medical diagnostic reasoner that conducts pre-diagnostic inference and near real-time anomaly detection across laboratory datasets.
- A semi-autonomous narrative generation agent that creates structured reports in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases and Health Level Seven standards.
These systems will integrate into PACS and LIS, guided by an AI framework that allows for self-organization, priority optimization, and contextual reasoning across patient records.
The rollout of AGI systems at IDC will occur in three phases:
- Initial deployment
- AI refinement and clinical data harmonization
- Regulatory compliance licensing with the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP)
An ethical AI protocol will oversee the use of these AGI tools, ensuring:
- Explainable diagnostic decisions through a reasoner model
- Human validation
- Encrypted data pathways
- Collaborative oversight with government regulators, including DRAP and the Pakistan National Accreditation Council
The Broader Context
In late April, MindHYVE.ai announced a commitment of $22 million in foreign direct investment to initiate a national AI-driven digital transformation program in Pakistan.
According to founder and CEO Belal Faruki, “This isn’t outsourcing; this is digital nation-building. We’re bringing our most advanced systems and AI expertise to co-create sovereign AI solutions with Pakistan.”