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Donor Heart Travels 95 Km From Rohtak to Delhi
Doctors found a donor heart that could help a patient needing an urgent transplant.
The possible recipient had B-positive blood.
The heart was at a hospital in Rohtak, Haryana.
Doctors and police needed to move it quickly to a hospital in Delhi.
Police created a green corridor so the ambulance could travel with fewer delays.
The heart was collected at 7:20 pm.
It reached the Delhi hospital at 8:43 pm, after traveling 95 km in 63 minutes.
Doctors then took it to the hospital for the transplant operation.
A donor heart traveled 95 km from Rohtak to Delhi in 63 minutes for an emergency transplant.
The heart was retrieved at PGIMS Rohtak at 7:20 pm and reached Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, at 8:43 pm.
Haryana and Delhi police coordinated an inter-state green corridor for the ambulance.
The heart became available through the NOTTO network for a B-positive recipient.
Doctors confirmed a suitable recipient at 9:55 am, and NOTTO formally allocated the organ at 12:03 pm.
- Who
- A medical team, Haryana and Delhi police, and doctors at Fortis Hospital transported a donor heart for a B-positive recipient.
- What
- A donor heart was moved through a 95-km inter-state green corridor for an emergency transplant.
- Where
- From the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, Haryana, to Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, Delhi.
- When
- The heart was retrieved at 7:20 pm and reached Delhi at 8:43 pm on Thursday; the process began at 8:50 am.
- Why
- The heart was transported quickly for an emergency transplant after a suitable recipient was identified and the organ was allocated through NOTTO.
Key facts
- Distance
- 95 km
- Transport time
- 63 minutes
- Retrieval time
- 7:20 pm
- Arrival time
- 8:43 pm
- Origin
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
- Destination
- Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi
- Recipient blood group
- B-positive
- Organ allocation
- Formally confirmed by NOTTO at 12:03 pm
Quotes
Naveen Sharma
Vice president and facility director of Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh
“Executing an inter-state green corridor across a 95-km route requires extraordinary synchronisation between law enforcement authorities and medical teams”
NDTV
Sources
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