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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?