MOHAN Foundation was invited by Mr. M.S. Moorthy, HR Manager of Medplus Health Services India Ltd. to conduct an awareness session on organ donation for their employees at their corporate office on December 07, 2015.

MedPlus is India’s leading pharmacy retail chain started with a single-minded focus of making health care deliver more customer centric. MedPlus offers a wide selection of genuine medication through its chain of pharmacies under quality storage conditions and with attractive prices. It also has an online store called MedPlusMart.com where medicines, beauty and personal care products can be bought at attractive prices. MedPlus Path labs offer state-of-the-art lab testing to prevent, detect and manage diseases that follows rigorous quality management system providing accurate results.

The session began with a welcome note by Dr. Surendra Mantena, COO of Medplus Health Services India Ltd. Dr. Koti Reddy of MOHAN Foundation gave an exclusive presentation about the importance of deceased organ donation, religious and cultural barriers involved with organ donation & eye donation, benefits of transplantation, THO 1994 Act, concept of brain death and myths surrounding organ donation.

There were about 100 employees that were present during the session and were explained on advantages of deceased organ donation, requirement and availability of organs for ill patients and legal aspects involved in organ donation.

We thank the Dr. Surendra Mantena, COO, Mr. Moorthy, HR Manager and Mr. Aejy Alias of Medplus Health Services India Ltd. for facilitating this session on organ donation and also thank all the participants for their active participation.