Corporate Social Responsibility

2021 Annual Report - Medical Disposables & Supplies Limited

Corporate Social Responsibility

Protect and Serve

MDS is proud to have played an instrumental role in supporting initiatives to combat the effects of the virus and protect key personnel in vulnerable spaces. Our donations of personal protective equipment (PPE), and sanitisation support to various national entities sought to address the most critical needs brought on by the pandemic. Of those activities that were undertaken, one that is of particular note was our first ‘sanitisation invasion’ of a renowned public facility, the Half-Way Tree Transportation Centre, specially selected for being a very central point with high volume pedestrian traffic passing through its location daily. The January 2021 activation was sponsored by lead product Disiclin, a disinfectant cleaner dubbed as a ‘triple threat’ because of its performance of three essential actions – cleaning, deodorising and disinfecting. Over 20 members of the Disiclin cleaning squad worked earnestly in targeting high-touch and communal areas such as railings, posts, doorknobs, bathrooms, seating and stairwells.

Getting Back on Track

On March 19 and 20, the Anthrick Management Corporate High Schools Development Meet was the first track and field organisation to be included in the JAAA calendar of events for which GOJ approval was secured to allow for athletes to qualify for Boys and Girls Championships. With intense Covid protocol compliance being a part of the basis for approval, mandatory wearing of face masks and instalment of multiple sanitisation stations and frequent decontamination efforts pre and post event were additional cost factors for the event holders to manoeuvre. With such an event being so significant to school children and, in some cases, a vehicle through which some student-athletes’ college prospects were hinged, we were more compelled to offer support this year through cash and kind contributions, with the latter including masks, rubbing alcohol and sanitising gel.

Special Guest, Jeffrey Campbell (aka Agent Sasco) in dialogue with host, Terri-Karelle Reid, on the importance of evolving.

M-Powered Continuing Education Event

In January 2021, the Company hosted the second staging of its highly anticipated Mpowered by MDS Continuing Education seminar for pharmacists from our 83 Hagley Park Road facility, with this year’s theme being centred on “Change and Transformation”. With the lingering effects of Covid-19, the format of the presentation package shifted to the online platform, backed with the multi-media excellence of Phase 3 Productions and seamlessly transmitted with Digicel’s digital support and made possible by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and the Sagicor Group. This year’s instalment was meant to extend full respect, acknowledgement and gratitude to the pharmacists who have felt slighted by not being sufficiently recognised as being essential to the health sector and to the wider Jamaica during this particularly difficult and unprecedented health crisis.

Nikeisha Boothe with Presenter, Dr. William Aiken Dr. Andre’ McDonald

Kurt Boothe, CEO turning the tables as DJ McLovin of Top Shelf Entertainment The Company’s first-ever virtual online learning experience, flawlessly hosted by the incomparable Terri-Karrelle Reid, provided an important educational opportunity to pharmacists to amass requisite credits towards maintaining their professional licensure, at no cost to the participants. The event which brought together elements of education, entertainment and community, consisted of five (5) educational sessions from speakers with diverse areas of expertise including Ms. Lisa Reid (Public Health Nutrition and Lifestyle Pharmacist), Dr. William Aiken (Consultant Urologist), Dr. Andre’ McDonald (Medical Doctor and CEO of SureTime Emergency Medical Services), Dr. Ajani Nugent ((Jamaican born, New York based Plastic Surgeon) and Norma Williams (Brand Architect and CEO of BrandED). Pharmacists from every corner of the island and other parts of the globe learnt, laughed, and even danced a time or two while the MDS CEO, Mr. Kurt Boothe, changed proverbial hats and seamlessly transitioned to the turntables to provide rousing entertainment during the mandatory break period. Another highlight came when the participants were surprisingly treated to an ‘Agent of Change’, Jeffrey Campbell, more popularly known as Agent Sasco who has, himself, undergone many personal evolutions since entering the dancehall scene as a teenager in the late 90’s. The lyrical genius was nothing short of uplifting as he engaged in conversation with the Mpowered host, and spontaneously spat a quick verse so that none were left disappointed. The event was described by event goers as being on par with internationally staged experiences. As one attendee expressed, “MDS is certainly the BAR”, while another quipped, “… MDS is empowering Pharmacists as we continue to serve and care for all Jamaicans.”

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