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Green corridor provided to transport live heart from Delhi airport to AIIMS
Green corridor is a route created and cleared out for an ambulance transporting harvested organs to ensure the fastest possible travel time.
New Delhi: The Delhi Traffic Police on Friday provided a green corridor for the transport of a live heart from the Indira Gandhi International Airport to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
The Delhi Traffic Police was contacted by the AIIMS regarding mobilization of an organ. The organ was received at the IGI Airport Terminal-3 from Bhopal.
A green corridor was provided by the Traffic Police and the control room was alerted through wireless.
All the concerned traffic staff was alerted on the route, they said.
The vehicle, carrying the heart started from the airport at 8.40 AM and reached the AIIMS within 20 minutes, said Arun Kampani, joint commissioner of police (Traffic). The distance between the two is about 18 kilometres.
