The first of its kind in Egypt, the chatbot allows users to find a specialist doctor based on geographical location

The Viber application, which is owned by the Japanese company Rakton and one of the leading applications in the world for communication via messages and free and secure calls, announced the launch of a chat bot that allows its users to search for doctors in different specialties according to the region specified by the user. This important project, and the first of its kind in Egypt and the region, was launched in cooperation with the “Every Day Medical Information” platform, the leading provider of medical and health information and content in Egypt and the Arab world.

Recently, with the development taking place in the field of artificial intelligence and the role of the renewed Corona epidemic in accelerating the need for solutions to do everything remotely, chat bots have gained wide popularity by developers and users alike, due to the quick and easy possibility to provide users with the information they are looking for. about her. Chat bots are an important product in Viber’s future strategy to go beyond providing messaging and calling services, as the company is developing a comprehensive platform that meets all user needs, including integrated measures to maintain user privacy.

In a comment by Ms. Anna Znamenskaya, Chief Growth Officer at Rakuten Viber, she said: “We are happy to launch a chatbot with our partner in Egypt ‘Every day is medical information’, in order to facilitate the process of obtaining medical information and finding specialized doctors with the click of a button without the need to leave the Viber application. . This project is an important step in achieving our future vision, which aims to move Viber beyond messaging and communication services and to place the application on the global stage as a comprehensive basic platform that meets its users’ needs and requirements in organizing their daily lives and dealings.”

The idea of ​​a chatbot every day is medical information

Mr. Jamil Shawkat, responsible for the “Everyday Medical Information” platform, commented that the idea of ​​​​launching the “Everyday Medical Information” website bot coincided with our vision to enrich medical content in the Arab world and provide a distinguished service to Viber users by enabling them to reach their nearest doctor, according to Geographical location only through a directory of doctors, “Every day is medical information,” in addition to following up on various medical articles according to their personal interests.

It is noteworthy that the Viber application launched many chatbots in the Arabic language in Egypt and the Arab world, the most important of which is the “My Prayer” bot, which helps users to get notifications of prayer times and access Islamic content whenever and wherever they want. In addition to other useful robots for learning languages ​​in an easy way, such as the ‘Worddio’ robot, home exercise with the ‘Stretchbit’ robot, and the daily horoscope service with the ‘Abraji’ robot.

To join the ‘Everyday Medical Information’ chatbot, press here.