Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Donor Heart Travels 95 Km From Rohtak to Delhi
Doctors found a donor heart for someone who urgently needed a transplant.
The possible recipient had B-positive blood.
The heart was available at a hospital in Rohtak, Haryana.
Doctors and police needed to move it quickly to a hospital in Delhi.
Haryana and Delhi police created a green corridor to help the ambulance avoid delays.
The heart was collected at 7:20 pm.
The team left Rohtak at 7:40 pm and reached Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh at 8:43 pm.
The heart was then taken into the hospital for the transplant procedure.
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
- Medical teams, Haryana and Delhi police, NOTTO, and Fortis Hospital doctors were involved in transporting the donor heart.
- What
- A donor heart was moved through a 95-km inter-state green corridor for an emergency transplant.
- When
- The process began at 8:50 am on Thursday; the heart was retrieved at 7:20 pm and arrived in Delhi at 8:43 pm.
- Where
- From the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak, Haryana, to Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, Delhi.
- Why
- The heart was transported quickly after a suitable B-positive recipient was identified and the organ was formally allocated.
- 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
- Formal allocation
- Confirmed by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation at 12:03 pm
