Human heart flown from Nagpur to Pune for transplant into air warrior

July 26, 2023 20:17

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A harvested human heart was "expeditiously' sent from Nagpur to Pune on Wednesday morning to be transplanted into a recipient admitted to the Army Institute of Cardio-Thoracic Sciences, said a defence release.

The vital organ was sent through a green corridor created by the civil administration before being transported to Pune, over 700 km away, on an Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft in the "most expeditious' manner, it said.

The recipient is an "air warrior and the flying time was around 90 minutes", said an official.

A green corridor is created with the aim of expediting organ transplants and saving lives.

For a green corridor, the traffic department collaborates to transport a vital organ in less than 60 to 70 per cent of the time that is usually taken to go from one place to another. -- PTI

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