Grameen Digital Healthcare Solutions teams up with Bkash to enhance accessibility to healthcare services

Grameen Digital Healthcare Solutions (GDHS) has announced its partnership with bKash, Bangladesh’s leading mobile financial service provider, to enhance accessibility to healthcare services through seamless digital solutions.

This collaboration aims to bridge healthcare and financial services, allowing millions to access health services directly through their mobile devices, according to a press release. 

By adding bKash’s reliable payment system to GDHS’s digital healthcare platform, users will experience faster and easier transactions.

This partnership aims to improve payment options in healthcare, allowing patients to pay for consultations, tests, and health products with ease.

This collaboration is an important step in making healthcare services more available across Bangladesh, especially for people in remote and underserved areas. With bKash’s large digital network, GDHS can reach more people, ensuring easy access to essential healthcare services, the release says. 

Honoured guests at the agreement event included distinguished leaders such as Dr. Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, CEO of Grameen Digital Healthcare Solutions, along with other notable figures from Grameen Group. Among them were Kazi Waqar Ahmed (Financial Advisor, Grameen Telecom Trust), Mohammad Solaimun Rasel (Chief Technology Officer, GDHS), Hasibul Hasan (Chief Marketing Officer, GDHS), Taufique Ahmed (Finance Lead, GDHS), and Barrister Ahmed Raquib Malik (Legal & Compliance Lead, GDHS). Representing bKash were Ali Ahmed (Chief Commercial Officer), Hossain Md. Shahidul Haq (EVP & Head of Department Business Finance), Md. Tayab Hossain Chowdhury (General Manager, Merchant Payment), and Faisal Shaheed (EVP & Head of Department, Merchant Payments).

Source: The Financial Express | 17 November 2024