Mercantile Bank PLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Epic Health Care Ltd, a Chattogram-based healthcare and diagnostic service provider, to strengthen professional ties and extend healthcare benefits to the bank’s stakeholders.
Md Shaiful Alam Chowdhury, regional head of the bank’s Chattogram Region, and TM Hannan, executive director of the healthcare service provider, signed the MoU at a ceremony held in Chattogram recently, according to a press release.
Under the partnership, Mercantile Bank’s debit, credit and Mastercard holders, as well as the bank’s officers and their family members, will be able to access healthcare services at preferential rates.
To make healthcare more affordable, the agreement offers a 30 percent discount on all pathology tests and a 25 percent discount on all radiology, ultrasound, cardiac and neurology tests, along with additional healthcare facilities and benefits under the agreement.
The strategic alliance is expected to foster professional goodwill and commercial collaboration, while ensuring improved well-being and greater access to medical care for the bank’s customers, employees and their families, the release added.
Anupam Kumar Paul, an official of the bank’s Chattogram Regional Recovery Division, coordinated the event.
The signing ceremony was attended by branch managers from all Mercantile Bank branches in the Chattogram region, along with senior officials from Epic Health Care Ltd.