DHAKA, April 2, 2020 (BSS) – Digital healthcare platform, Daktarbhai, has
offered free premium healthcare services to all Banglalink customers amid
COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Daktarbhai, a joint initiative by Banglalink and Healthcare Information
System Ltd (HISL), has facilitated customers to book appointments with more
than 2,500 doctors (including all doctors of United Hospital) free of cost,
said a press release today.
Along with availing up to 40 percent discount at more than 300 hospitals in
61 districts and 30 percent discount on a special health screening package at
United Hospital, Banglalink customers can use Daktarbhai’s “Ask A Doctor”
service free of charge for general health queries.
The other services such as health records tracking, health directory,
health blogs and medicine reminder will remain free as well.
Banglalink customers can avail of all the offers downloading “Daktarbhai”
app from Google Play Store and App Store or visiting https://daktarbhai.com/.
The offers will be valid till May 31, 2020.
Banglalink Chief Commercial Officer Upanga Dutta said, “We have decided to
provide our customers with these premium services free of cost considering
the immense importance of healthcare services during this critical time.”
“We hope such digital initiatives enable customers to get more timely
health care benefits during the current situations as well,” added Dutta.
Co-Founder of Daktarbhai, Raihan Shamsi said, “Covid-19 created a pandemic
situation worldwide. Hospitals and diagnostic centers are facing scarcity of
physicians in Bangladesh and that is why HISL decided to offer the premium
services free for all Banglalink users for a period of two months.”