Apollo Hospitals has partnered with Airtel Nigeria, to enable video consultation for Airtel's Premier customers with doctors from Apollo Hospitals in India, with a prior appointment. Along with this service, the hospital said it plans to work with Airtel to create health awareness, with an emphasis on preventive health care, in the African country. Currently, the service offers a 10% discount on doctor consultation fees and provides an additional discount of 5-10% on Emirates Airlines flight if the customer wishes to fly to India for further medical attention. The service is available only to Airtel’s ‘Premier’ customers in Nigeria and can be availed by calling 09022222006 or 09022222007. According to Airtel, it will also provide consultation facilities at Diamond Helix Medical Assistance , Lagos, every Saturday at noon for three hours. Other than the hospital service, Airtel Premier currently offers a dedicated helpline, a relationship manager, exclusive email and website, participation in the Airtel Rewards program, an exclusive access to service points at Airtel showrooms and access to over 600 lounges across the world, to its customers. The service was first launched in April this year. Airtel had previously tied-up with Religare Technologies and its healthcare delivery arm Fortis Healthcare, to launch Mediphone, a telephone based health care advice or tele-triage service, in India. The 24X7 service allowed Airtel subscribers to call and speak with credited doctors, and avail healthcare advice through their mobile phone. Similar developments - Telecom operator Aircel had tied up with the Apollo Hospital Group to…
