TISA Bank and PIH partner to provide discounted healthcare to thousands

Walking on unchartered medical care waters, TISA Bank and Pacific International Hospital signed a memorandum of agreement in Port Moresby on Monday.

A first for a commercial bank and Pacific International Hospital [PIH], TISA Bank customers will get discounted medical services at the private medical provider.

Putting pen to paper, signatures of the chief executive officers of TISA Bank and PIH, gives thousands of TISA Bank account holders, discount privilege at PIH medical facilities nationwide.

During the MOU agreement signing, TISA Bank CEO Sunil Pokharel revealed that “first time, first bank signing [discount medical agreement] with PIH,” which his counterpart from PIH confirmed.

He further revealed that all account holders with the bank automatically qualify for the discount rates
when seeking medical services at PIH, “when making payment with their bank cards”.

PIH chief executive Col Sandeep Shaligram, stated that talks of the agreement were hatched with TISA
Group CEO Micheal Koisen at the sideline of a business summit, last year.

“The agreement will benefit the larger community, TISA Bank members, staff and clients,” Shaligram
said.

Under the MOU, the medical service discounts offered to TISA Bank customers also covers TISA Group employees and clients of the group other subsidiaries who have an individual banking account with TISA Bank.

TISA Group CEO Michael Koisen echoed the significance of the MOU with PIH, “private health cost is not cheap and the agreement will make it affordable for simple Papua New Guineans.”