The AI hospital is here. Plus: SA’s pothole crisis meets its match artwork
Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week

The AI hospital is here. Plus: SA’s pothole crisis meets its match

May 28, 2026 · 00:33:37

In this episode, Bruce chats with Netcare CEO Richard Friedland about how AI and digitisation are transforming healthcare. With savings now exceeding implementation costs, smartwatches are monitoring patients in real time, and algorithms detect sepsis long before symptoms appear. As Friedland puts it, the clinical AI revolution is already here. News24 Business editor Helena Wasserman unpacks new l…