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#  Medical QA Chatbot

This is a Chain-of-Thought powered medical chatbot that:

- Retrieves answers from a Qdrant Cloud vector DB using dense + ColBERT multivectors
- Uses Stanford DSPy to reason step-by-step with retrieved context
- Supports traceable source highlighting in Chainlit
- Deployable on Hugging Face Spaces via Docker

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##  How to Deploy

- Add your `OPENAI_API_KEY` as a secret environment variable in Hugging Face Space settings
- Make sure `qdrant-client` points to your Qdrant Cloud instance in `rag_dspy.py`
- Run the Space

## Sample Questions 

### General Medical Knowledge
- What are the most common symptoms of lupus?

- How is type 2 diabetes usually managed in adults?

- What is the difference between viral and bacterial pneumonia?

### Treatment & Medication
- What are the first-line medications for treating hypertension?

- How does metformin work to lower blood sugar?

### Diagnosis & Tests
- What diagnostic tests are used to detect rheumatoid arthritis?

- When is a colonoscopy recommended for cancer screening?

### Hospital & Patient Care
- What are the psychosocial challenges faced by cancer patients?

- How do hospitals manage patients with multidrug-resistant infections?

### Clinical Guidelines / Rare Topics
- What is the recommended treatment for acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients?