🩺 Patient Information Chatbot (NLP-Based)

This is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) based terminal chatbot that provides basic support and information for healthcare-related queries like:

• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Blood Pressure Management
• Hospital and Pharmacy Search

It simulates a hospital assistant helping users find relevant information using a predefined intent-based response system.

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Features

• Responds to greetings, thanks, and farewells
• Helps navigate through:
  • Adverse Drug Reaction modules
  • Blood Pressure tracking and results
  • Pharmacy search by name
  • Hospital search by name, location, and type

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How to Run the Project

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Anushka0206/chatbot-nlp.git cd chatbot-nlp 2. Install Required Libraries bash Copy Edit pip install nltk

• Make sure Python is installed.

3. Run the Chatbot in Terminal bash Copy Edit python chatbot.py

Project Structure

bash Copy Edit chatbot-nlp/
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├── intents.json # Contains training data (intents, patterns, responses)
├── chatbot.py # Main script to run the chatbot
├── words.pkl # Preprocessed words file
├── classes.pkl # Preprocessed classes (intents)
├── README.md # Project documentation

Sample Chat

vbnet Copy Edit You: Hello Bot: Hello, thanks for asking.

You: I want to check my blood pressure history Bot: Please provide Patient ID

You: Find me a pharmacy Bot: Please provide pharmacy name

Use Cases

College/minor-level AI/NLP project

Healthcare demo for basic hospital chatbot

Foundation for building advanced ML-based virtual assistants

Future Improvements

Integrate with actual medical APIs/databases

Add voice input/output

GUI interface using Tkinter or web