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It uses the Polygon blockchain for immutable record-keeping and a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) for transparent governance. Patient identity is secured through privacy-preserving zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and anchored to non-transferable Soulbound Tokens (SBTs), granting users true sovereignty over their data. The platform also includes a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) module to improve healthcare accessibility. Empirical evaluations on the Polygon Mainnet confirm the system's viability, showing sub-4-second transaction latencies and over 90% cost savings compared to legacy systems. The integrated AI model, leveraging a LightGBM classifier on a rich set of engineered features, achieves an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of\n                    <jats:bold>0.8543<\/jats:bold>\n                    and an accuracy of\n                    <jats:bold>80.33%<\/jats:bold>\n                    in emergency detection, demonstrating high reliability on a clinically relevant and imbalanced dataset. 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