Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Donor Heart Reaches Noida in 16-Minute Green Corridor
A 56-year-old man named Tapas Kumar Dey had a very weak heart.
Medicines were no longer helping him enough.
Doctors said he had only a 10% chance of surviving without a new heart.
A donor heart became available in Panchkula.
It was flown to Hindon Airport and then driven 20 kilometers to Noida.
Police and medical teams created a clear route, called a green corridor, so the heart arrived in 16 minutes.
The heart could only remain usable for about two to three hours.
Doctors at Fortis Hospital Noida replaced Dey’s failing heart and connected the donor heart to his blood vessels.
The hospital said the transplant was Noida and Western Uttar Pradesh’s first successful heart transplant.
A donor heart traveled 20 km from Hindon Airport to Fortis Hospital Noida in 16 minutes.
The heart was transplanted into 56-year-old Tapas Kumar Dey, who had chronic heart failure.
Doctors said Dey had only a 10% chance of survival without an immediate transplant.
The operation was described by the hospital as Noida and Western Uttar Pradesh’s first successful heart transplant.
Doctors, transplant teams, traffic police, airport authorities and NOTTO coordinated the cross-state operation.
- Who
- Tapas Kumar Dey, a 56-year-old chronic heart failure patient, received the donor heart; the procedure was led by Dr Ajay Kaul and his team.
- What
- Doctors performed a successful heart transplant after transporting a donor heart 20 kilometers in 16 minutes.
- When
- The article does not provide a calendar date; the transport took place during the reported transplant operation.
- Where
- The donor heart came from Panchkula, was transported from Hindon Airport, and was transplanted at Fortis Hospital Noida.
- Why
- Dey’s chronic heart failure could no longer be managed with medication, and doctors said an immediate transplant was his only option.
- Patient
- Tapas Kumar Dey, 56
- Transport distance
- 20 kilometers from Hindon Airport to Fortis Hospital Noida
- Transport time
- 16 minutes
- Donor-heart viability window
- Two to three hours
- Estimated survival without transplant
- 10% chance, according to doctors
- Hospital claim
- The first successful heart transplant in Noida and Western Uttar Pradesh
- Postoperative concerns
- Secondary renal impairment, hypertension and severe cardiac compromise