International coverage · Jul 14, 2026
CNA features 5C Network: how AI is improving healthcare access in India
In part two of its series on India's AI push, CNA (Channel NewsAsia) — Singapore's international broadcaster — visited a Mumbai diagnostics clinic running on 5C Network's AI platform. Below is the attributed transcript of the 5C segment, published with a link to the original broadcast.
What CNA reported
A Mumbai diagnostics clinic has used 5C Network's AI platform for over a year to read MRI and X-ray scans — AI trained on billions of images drafts the report, and a radiologist in 5C's network reviews and signs off on every case. The clinic says the technology has boosted productivity while stressing that it cannot replace doctors — and with one radiologist per 100,000 people in India, that access gap is why 5C's founders built the platform.
Transcript of the 5C Network segment
Transcribed by 5C Network from the broadcast of July 14, 2026. © CNA / Mediacorp — quoted here with attribution for reference; the full video belongs to CNA.
CNA reporter · over b-roll of a Mumbai diagnostics clinic
This diagnostics clinic in Mumbai has been using AI for more than a year to assist with radiology work, reading scans including MRI images and X-rays. They're processed by 5C Network's AI platform — tech that the company says has been trained on billions of images. It then produces a report, which a radiologist in its network can review and sign off on. The clinic's management says the technology has boosted its productivity, but warns it has to be used cautiously and it cannot replace doctors.
“To be honest, I have to really check each and every word and every case before I sign them off, because AI can be really perfect by the time things go really haywire.”
CNA reporter
The founders of 5C say a shortage of doctors in India motivated them to develop the platform.
“From the patient's perspective, there are two things in radiology. One, radiology is, of course, very expensive. But it's also oftentimes inaccessible.”
CNA reporter
5C's research shows there is only one radiologist per 100,000 people in the country.
The model CNA filmed, in our words
What the cameras captured is Bionic Radiology working as designed: AI runs the workflow — triage, detection, drafting, quality checks — and a board-certified radiologist reviews, corrects and signs every report. Dr Deshmukh's caution is the system's design, not its flaw: the human judgment layer is exactly why hybrid intelligence is safe to run at 15,000+ scans a day across 2,000+ Indian hospitals.
See it on your own scans
