BRAC Bank launches health cards for India-bound patients

Brac Bank Limited in partnership with Mastercard and Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday launched health card services aiming to facilitate healthcare of Bangladeshi patients in India.

The health card owners will also get various privileges, including 10 per cent discount on in-patient room charges, 5.0 per cent discount on outpatient investigations at the Apollo Hospitals' branches and concession at partner hotels in India.

Brac Bank Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Selim RF Hussain, Mastercard Bangladesh's Country Manager Syed Mohammad Kamal and Group President (hospital division) of the healthcare chain Dr K Hariprasad attended the launching ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Selim R F Hussain said this is the first-ever cobranded health card in the country.

"We believe that this new card will be an important value addition to our customers' lives," he said.

Referring to the achievements of the bank, he said the organisation is delighted to offer products and services that are designed to fulfil the needs of its valued customers.

In his speech, Dr Hariprasad said Bangladesh and India are two close neighbours with many things in common.

Explaining the Bangladeshi citizen's trust on Apollo, he said a Bangladeshi patient visits any of Apollo hospital chain's facility in every 15 minutes.

"The health card will be a blessing for our patient community and the host of features provided on this card is unmatched in the industry," he said.

The health card facility will not be available for Bangladesh operation of the hospital chain at present. However, the tripartite partnership has a plan to launch the facilities in Dhaka soon.

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