India News | Heart, Liver Ferried from Airport to South Mumbai in 19 Mins Via 22-km-long Green Corridor
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The traffic police on Wednesday created a 22-km-long green corridor to facilitate the transfer of a harvested heart and a liver from the airport to a south Mumbai hospital in flat 19 minutes, said officials.
Mumbai, Oct 30 (PTI) The traffic police on Wednesday created a 22-km-long green corridor to facilitate the transfer of a harvested heart and a liver from the airport to a south Mumbai hospital in flat 19 minutes, said officials.
The organs arrived in the city from Pune around 7 pm, when the road traffic is usually at its peak. The body parts were taken from the Kalina Airport Gate Number 8 to the Western Express Highway in two minutes through the Hans Bhugra Road, said senior inspector Sandip Yele of the Vakola Traffic Division.
Traffic cops then created a green corridor to transport the organs, he said.
“19 minutes is all it took us to give a new life to someone,” said Mumbai traffic police in a tweet.
It added, “Creating a green corridor for 22 km to transport organs (heart and liver) from Kalina Airport Gate No. 8 to HN Reliance Hospital in Girgaum our on-duty officials made sure the vital organs reached in time.”
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