Etisalat partners with global emergency medical services company
Falck
Leading Mobile Telecommunications Company Etisalat Lanka and Falck,
the world's largest emergency medical service provider announced a
partnership that will give access to the Telco's customer base to
emergency medical treatment.
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An agreement was signed between Etisalat Lanka, Director/ CEO,
Dumindra Ratnayaka and Med1 (Pvt) Limited, Managing Director,
Donnie Woodyard, Jr. Also present at the occasion were (standing
from left) Chief Operations Officer of Med1 (Pvt) Limited,
Brigadier (retired) L. C. Perera, Board of Advisers Member Med1
(Pvt) Limited, Govinda Tidball, Board of Advisers Member of Med1
(Pvt) Limited, Susantha Pinto, Etisalat Lanka Head of Digital
Services and Corporate Solutions, Channa Munasinghe and Etisalat
Lanka Assistant Manager New Business Development Services,
Daminda Edirisinghe.” |
Adding to its growing customer-centric service offering Etisalat
enabled its customers to receive first aid advice through
Falck'semergency medical help line 1990 earlier this year. The
partnership with Falck will further advanced the company's mobile health
services.
The agreement will allow the Etisalat customer base to register for
Falck membership through the telco. A customer can type "REG" and SMS to
1-9-9-0 to instantly register for Falck services. The system introduced
by Falck under this partnership is a first in world mobile health and
emergency medical services. It innovatively combines an easy to use
micro payment gateway onto a mobile phone operating platform, making
high quality medical care both affordable and accessible to Sri Lankans.
"Innovation and customer centric services are our core priority and
Etisalat is committed to continuously offering exceptional value added
services to our customers.
"Our partnership with Falck marks the foundation of a long term plan
to introduce and develop mobile health services in Sri Lanka. We are
pleased to partner with the world's largest emergency medical service
company in this endeavor." Dumindra Ratnayaka, Director/ CEO of Etisalat
Lanka.
"Falck is committed to upholding the international standards of
healthcare it offers around the world in Sri Lanka.
When rolling out our mobile health platform, we want to ensure that
our service is accessible and affordable.
Etisalat is a strong partner in this endeavor," said Donnie Woodyard
Jr, Managing Director, Falck.
"The micro payment option we are offering gives Sri Lankan s
affordable accesses to world class emergency medical services, through
their mobile phones. Falck plans to maintain a strong and growing
service offering in Sri Lanka through mobile |
