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Two groups of Emirati students are set to become ground-breaking figures in UAE’s healthcare industry, after it was announced that their medical startup projects would be advanced from incubation to acceleration.
The announcement comes following the students’ involvement in Al Bayt Mitwahid Association and VPS Healthcare’s ‘Future Medical Stars’, an innovative healthcare initiative which focusses on providing highly talented Emirati students with opportunities that will help shape the future of the UAE’s medical healthcare.
Commenting on the programme, Abdullah Al Neyadi, Board Member of Al Bayt Mitwahid Association, said, “We at Al Bayt Mitwahid Association passionately believe in investing in Emirati talent to produce industrial advancement that will shape the future of medical healthcare. Grassroots development is imperative towards achieving the country’s leadership directive of the UAE Vision 2021 National Agenda, which aims to create a world-class healthcare system.â€
In 2018, the respective start-ups, ‘Polka’ an artificial intelligence-powered learning platform that imitates human conversation for specific medical topics, and ‘We Heart’, an artificial intelligence-driven learning visual recognition platform that monitors an individual’s eyes during tasks such as driving, were part of a AED1 million incubation fund, which will now be advanced to a new AED1 million acceleration fund by VPS Healthcare.