New Delhi : A live heart was successfully transported from a hospital in Delhi to another in Gurgaon on Saturday covering a distance of 20 km in just 12 minutes, thanks to green corridor.
According to a report, a heart of a 45-year-old male, road accident victim who was declared brain dead was being transported from Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital to Medanta - the Medicity in Gurgaon via the green corridor.
The donor, was brought into the emergency of Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj in an unconscious state due to a head injury sustained in a road accident on July 6.
"This is our first deceased donor organ donation for this facility. It was also the clockwork precision of all internal and external medical teams which made this dream of a cadaveric donation a reality," said Abrar Ali Dalal, Facility Director, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital in a statement.
The heart of the person who died was sent to Medanta, one kidney was sent to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) while the second to Safdarjung Hospital. The liver was sent to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurgaon.
"The organ donation rate in the country has increased 10-fold over the last 5 years from 0.05 per million population to 0.5 per million. People from all walks of life are increasingly saying "yes" to organ donation and we are truly humbled by their noble gesture every time," said Avnish Seth, Director, Fortis Organ Retrieval and Transplant (FORT).
It has been reported that over the last two years, a heart has been transported in record time via the "green corridor" process four times from FMRI Gurgaon, thrice to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla and once to AIIMS.
