Tonic has been offered in the first phase exclusively to the 57 million Grameenphone customers - providing them a variety of free or opt-in services. The offering is centered around each member's unique health needs and is designed to provide incentives that promote greater health over the long term, said Telenor. It features the following:
1. Tonic Jibon ("Life") is one of the first Bengali-language services to provide free high quality, science-backed information on how to build a healthier and happier life for members.
2. Tonic Daktar ("Doctor") enables members to access high quality and immediate medical advice on basic health topics via phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week at an affordable rate of Tk 5 per minute, without the traditional barriers of distance, cost, or safety concerns. Tonic Daktar is designed to decrease the healthcare burden on the brick and mortar system.
3. Tonic Discounts offers exclusive discounts up to 40% on key services at more than 50 popular hospitals across
4. Tonic Cash provides members Tk 500 if s/he been hospitalized for three consecutive nights or more, paid directly to a member's mobile banking wallet. Powered in partnership with local insurance partner Pragati Life Insurance Limited, Tonic Cash serves to mitigate financial risk for Bangladeshi families as well as play a role in building credibility of insurance providers.
Sigve Brekke, President and CEO of
Health and particularly digital health has the potential of becoming an integral part of our development as the customer's favorite partner in digital life, and there is no better place to start than
Sajid Rahman, CEO of
We strongly believe the introduction of Tonic into the healthcare ecosystem will improve health care attitudes and perceptions by allowing everyday people easy access to aspirational information for preventative health, hospital discounts and expert medical advice instantly without prohibitive costs.
