Press Release
School students from Jaipur and Mumbai have come together to create an innovative solution aimed at strengthening healthcare facilities, especially in India’s rural and underprivileged areas. Combining technology with human sensitivity, they have developed an AI-powered injury classification app called ‘Dekhbhal’.
The app is a high-school innovation by students Samara Patel and Arjun Patel from Jaipur-based Jayshree Periwal International School and Yuvan Gupta from Oberoi International School based in Mumbai. It has been designed to help rural populations identify and treat common wounds and injuries.
Through the app, users can take a photo of their wound or injury, after which the AI analyzes the image to classify the type of injury. The app then provides step-by-step first-aid instructions instantly. The app is free to use, free to deploy, and currently available in three languages — English, Hindi, and Marathi — ensuring accessibility across linguistic and regional boundaries. So far, Dekhbal has been deployed across four underserved rural locations in Rajasthan and Maharashtra, empowering more than 300 users and mobilising over 40 student volunteers across two cities.
India’s rural regions often face challenges such as a shortage of qualified healthcare workers, lack of medical facilities, distance, and financial constraints — all of which delay timely medical care. Even minor injuries can become serious when left untreated. Dekhbhal addresses this issue by providing free, easy-to-access first-aid guidance through simple technology.
The idea for Dekhbal was born during a school visit to a rural settlement, where the team encountered a young boy with a deep wound that had gone untreated because his family could not afford to visit a clinic. That encounter exposed the reality that the issue was not just medical, but informational — a lack of accessible guidance on how to respond. Determined to address this gap, the students returned home with a vision: to build a free, intuitive app capable of helping rural families make informed decisions about basic injury care.
The Dekhbal team plans to enhance the app’s AI accuracy, extend its reach to additional states, and collaborate with healthcare organisations to raise awareness about first-aid practices. Their broader mission is simple yet profound — to make basic healthcare knowledge universal, affordable, and inclusive, one community at a time.