AIG Hospitals is developing smart toilets to automatically collect and analyse urine and stool samples for continuous health monitoring. The hospital is also setting up a Gut Microbial Laboratory, highlighting the growing importance of gut microbiome research in medicine

Hyderabad: Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) is developing state-of-the-art smart toilets that will automatically collect and analyse urine and stool samples for continuous health monitoring.

“AIG will be the first hospital in India to install such smart toilets. We are also setting up a dedicated Gut Microbial Laboratory to deepen research in this field,” Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, founder chairman of AIG Hospitals, said during a talk at a colloquium on women’s health, ‘Health Conclave-Wellness 360’, on Tuesday.

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