Talking to Xinhua here on Saturday, Sikder M Zakir, managing director of a call center, said many local firms have taken steps to provide healthcare services to the Non-Residents Bangladeshis (NRBs) in Gulf countries as they face problem to get treatment there due mainly to language problem.
Apart from this, foreign workers living in Gulf countries have limited access to hospitals and they lack proper information about better healthcare services, he said.
Zakir said his company, Telemedicine Reference Center Limited, would formally launch the unique service in March next year in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
The NRBs working in the gulf region will get medical advices through phone calls, he said.
"Bangladeshi expatriates need only a call. They need not to pay other charge for the service," owner of another call center Sumon Ali said Saturday, adding that doctors will be there at the help desks in Bangladesh to attend such calls and give advice.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has been providing licenses to the local call centers since the beginning of this year. BTRC has so far issued licenses to around 350 local companies for operating call center business.
