Officials at LCBSL have approved converting one of their long-idle buses  originally modified during the pandemic by Sun Foundation  into a fully functional “AI lab on wheels. The bus, registration PB-10-5C-6318, will be handed over to the state health department after finishing upgrades and road-worthiness certification by mid-December, with deployment planned starting January. 

Once operational, the mobile unit will offer a suite of health services: preventive screenings, diagnostics  likely covering both communicable and non-communicable diseases  and other check-ups, delivered through community outreach or health camps. According to the plan, this lab-on-wheels will help expand health-care access especially in areas where fixed health-infrastructure is limited or distant. 

The decision comes at a time when earlier mobile medical vans in Ludhiana were under-utilised or lying unused, pointing to a renewed push by administration to make better use of existing assets and address gaps in grassroots health access. 

If successful, this model could significantly reduce travel burden for patients, provide early detection of illnesses, and bring preventive care directly to communities  a step toward decentralised, equitable healthcare delivery.