City Desk :
Rajshahi University (RU) has launched insurance service for its regular students.
To this end, Zenith Islami Life Insurance will provide the group health and life insurance services from July 1, 2022. RU authority has signed a deal with the insurance company at the senate building of RU.
Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Golam Sabbir Sattar, Pro-vice-chancellors Prof Chowdhury Jakaria and Prof Sultan-Ul-Islam, Treasurer Prof Obayedur Rahman Pramanik and Registrar Prof Abdus Salam were present on the occasion, reports BSS.
Each of the students who will be brought under the scheme will be given Taka two lakh for death while Taka 80,000 for treatment in hospital.
The beneficiary students will get Taka 20,000 for treatment outdoors four times in a three months gap each. The students will also get financial support for consultancy, medical and pathology one more time in a month or year.
Under the insurance privileges, the students will get support for surgery, intensive care, blood transfusion, radiotherapy, physiotherapy, oxygen, dialysis, dressing and mobilization.
