Heart transported 323.5 kms in 94 minutes, transplanted into a 4-year old girl in Mumbai
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A live heart was transported from Aurangabad to Mumbai covering a distance of 323.5 kilometers and was successfully transplanted into a 4-year old girl, news agency PTI reported.
It took little more than one hour and thirty minutes to transport the heart. A statement from Fortis Hospital in suburban Mulund where the transplant took place said that the heart transplant operation was successful. The girl who is a resident of Jalna was under observation.
The hospital statement said that the live heart was retrieved from a 13-year-old boy who had died in a road accident. The heart was retrieved in Aurangabad’s MGM hospital on Friday from where it left for the city hospital at 1.50 pm.
It reached the airport at 1.54 pm covering the 4.8 kilometers in just four minutes. A green corridor was created for heart transportation, the hospital said.
A chartered flight brought the heart to Mumbai airport at 3.05 pm from where it was rushed to Fortis hospital which was 18 kilometers away. This took 19 minutes. A green corridor was created to enable the heart to reach the hospital without any delay.
The heart reached Fortis hospital at 3.24 pm in one hour and 34 minutes after it was retrieved in Aurangabad. The distance covered stood at 323.5 kilometers, Fortis officials said on Saturday.
By EP Web Desk
Published on June 24, 2018 at 08:07 IST
