Mangaluru: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath said that efforts are on to start a plasma therapy centre in the city.

The MLA stated on his Facebook page that a maximum of five people can be treated with plasma from one recovered person.

Members of Wellness Helpline, a group of several like-minded NGOs who came together with a panel of doctors and district officials to fight Covid-19 had met the MLA on Thursday, and discussed setting up a plasma centre. Recently, two plasma donors who had recovered from Covid-19 travelled to the blood bank of HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited, Bengaluru, to donate plasma for a patient in Mangaluru, through Wellness Helpline.

Meanwhile, Wellness Helpine has identified 10 donors, of whom four will be taken to Bengaluru during the week for plasma donation.