Bengaluru: In yet another successful 'Green Corridor' operation, the Bangalore Traffic Police on Monday arranged for a live organ to be transported between BGS Global Hospital in Uttarahalli and Narayana Health City in Bommasandra.
The 35-kilometre journey, which usually takes around 50 minutes at night, was completed within 32 minutes.
The donor, who is from the city, met with a road accident on October 12 and was declared brain dead before being brought to BGS hospital for the organ donation process. She had also registered her kidney and liver for donation.
The recipient is a 45-year-old businessman from Kolkata who had been suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy for two years.
The team of doctors who performed the transplant includes Dr. Julius Punnen, Dr. Ravi Shankar Shetty, Dr. Bhagirath Raghuraman, Dr. Anil Kumar and Dr. Ravi Nayak from Narayana Health City while Dr. Ravi Shetty from BGS Global Hospital performed the heart retrieving surgery.
