Visa makes payments easier for Bangladeshi patients in India

Visa, the global leader in digital payments, announced yesterday that it has partnered with Vaidam, a hospital care discovery platform, to make payments easier for medical travelers from South Asian countries seeking healthcare in India.

The Vaidam platform enables patients seeking healthcare from numerous countries, including Bangladesh and Nepal, to look for specialist services for critical illnesses and medical care close to 100 hospitals across India, for a variety of treatments and procedures, a press release said.

Vaidam also assists patients with required visa invitations and logistics once they arrive in India.

This partnership with Vaidam provides Visa cardholders a discount of up to 10 per cent on various in-patient services, including procedures and surgeries, on using Vaidam to book healthcare services in India.

"We are pleased to partner with Vaidam to enable citizens of Bangladesh seeking medical treatment in India with more comfort, wider access and the benefit and convenience of using their Visa cards to pay," said Soumya Basu, country manager for Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan at Visa.

"Having served thousands of patients so far from Bangladesh in almost 6 years, Vaidam is now proud to partner with Visa, one of the most trusted brands throughout the world, and serve all Visa cardholders in the Vaidam hospital network to help them get back to a healthy life faster," said Pankaj Chandna, co-founder of Vaidam Health.