Payments of all BSMMU bills now through Nagad

Patients attending Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) now can pay all treatment bills using Nagad, a mobile financial service provider of the Bangladesh Postal Department.

In this connection, a tripartite agreement was recently signed among Nagad, the Bangladesh Postal Department and the hospital authorities at the conference room of the BSMMU, said a press release.

Executive Director of Nagad Md Shafayet Alam and BSMMU Treasurer Professor Dr Mohammed Atiqur Rahman inked the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.

Mohammad Monirul Islam, general manager of Key Stakeholder Relations of Nagad and Nakib Chowdhury, manager of Key Stakeholder Relations of Nagad, were also present at the signing ceremony.

On behalf of BSMMU, its Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Professor Dr Saif Uddin Ahmed, Professor Dr Md Moniruzzaman Khan, and Director (Finance and Accounts) Gour Kumar Mitra attended the event.

BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed said, “Our honourable Prime Minister aspires to build a Smart Bangladesh where all financial transactions will be cashless. Keeping it at the forefront, we want to perform all transactions of our hospital using Nagad.”

“We provide treatment 24 hours a day. So, during evening hours, we need to accept treatment fees in cash owing to the closure of banks. Following the agreement with Nagad, all transactions can be made digitally using this MFS operator. And the process will be transparent and risk-free,” he added.

Talking about the agreement, Md Shafayet Alam, executive director of Nagad, said, “Nagad always works to make life easier for people. As part of that, we have signed this agreement with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical

University.”