Digital Hospital, a digital health leader in Bangladesh has recently reached the milestone of successfully completing over 1.5 million doctor consultations via call, chat and video call. With a team of over 200+ experienced and specialist doctors, Digital Hospital since its inception has been operating with an aim to ensure the reach of quality healthcare services at affordable costs for the rural and underprivileged people of the country.
All doctors of Digital Hospital are provided regular evaluations and training in order to maintain the highest standard of quality healthcare. Furthermore, ISO 27001:2013 certified, all consultations with Digital Hospital doctors and medical records of patients are maintained with utmost privacy.
With unlimited doctor access starting from only Tk. 99, anyone can consult a doctor via audio call, video call and chat through the Digital Hospital app from just about anywhere. Furthermore, the packages of Digital Hospital offer Free Health Cashback of up to Tk. 250,000 on various health expenditures.
According to a report by World Bank, Pathways to Reduce Household Out-of-Pocket Expenditure, Bangladesh has made significant progress in UHC in terms of providing quality healthcare services to all when needed however, two-thirds of health expenditure in Bangladesh is financed by households out of pocket expenditure which is one of the highest in the world. Such a large share of health expenditure financed through Out-of-Pocket Expenditure increases households’ risk of financial hardship. Access to a quality doctor consultation, and only receiving prescriptions for necessary medication and tests, is a key path to reduce unnecessary out-of-pocket expenditure.
Andrew Smith, CCO of Digital Hospital says, “Digital Hospital’s main objective is to make doctor consultations accessible, affordable and high quality for all. This is because when doctor consultations are affordable, people are encouraged to consult doctors more often instead of waiting for the health issue to get serious. In the long run this helps people to stay healthier and avoid catastrophic health expenditures which push them further into poverty. We are proud to have already served 1.5 million patients across the country, with many more to come.”