Much of the sophisticated medical equipment at the Scarlet's Rose infirmary depended on medical experts to perform their most advanced treatments.
However, the machines had also been designed to offer more basic treatment in the event that doctors weren't on hand.
There were many possible perils in space travels. Incidents where all of the doctors lost their lives happened often enough for medical equipment makers to add some automation to their products.
Most states prohibited medical equipment from replacing human doctors entirely. While it was possible for machines to take care of treatments entirely, this was not a good development!
Doctors not only kept the machines in check, but also took responsibility for the choices they made when confronted with ethical dilemmas!
AIs should never decide the life or death of a human life!
