STAR BUSINESS DESK

BRAC Bank PLC has entered into a partnership agreement with Ascent Health Limited, a Dhaka-based diagnostic centre, to offer discounted healthcare services to its employees and debit and credit cardholders across the country.

Md Mahiul Islam, deputy managing director and head of retail banking at the bank, and Anwarul Iqbal, chief executive officer of the diagnostic centre, signed the agreement at the bank’s head office in Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

Commenting on the partnership, Islam said, “This collaboration with Ascent Health Limited brings quality healthcare within easier reach for our employees and their families, as well as for the millions of customers who bank with us every day.”

Under the agreement, BRAC Bank employees and their legal dependents, including spouses, children, parents, and in-laws, will receive a 30 percent discount on pathological tests for home-collected samples and consultation chamber visits.

BRAC Bank debit and credit cardholders, along with their legal dependents, will enjoy a 25 percent discount on the same services.

Both groups will also have access to specialist consultations in areas such as internal medicine, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, dermatology, nephrology, physical medicine, neurology, gynaecology, and paediatrics, among others.

The initiative reflects the bank’s commitment to the well-being of its employees and customers by making quality healthcare more accessible, the release added.

Khairuddin Ahmed Bappy, head of merchant acquiring at the bank; Md Ashraful Alam, head of alliances, retail banking; Amer Ahmed, director of business development at Ascent Group; and Mohammad Kamruzzaman, deputy general manager of sales-corporate and B2C, along with other senior officials, were also present at the event.