Delhi Police on Thursday created a green corridor was created from Terminal 1 of Indhira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport to transport a live heart which was flown from Chandigarh for a patient in AIIMS here.
According to Vivek Kishore, the Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, a distance of about 12 KM from airport T-1 to AIIMS Hospital was covered within 11 minutes for transportation of live Heart which otherwise takes almost 40-50 minutes.
“On Thursday at 10 am, a call was received from Prof. Aarti Vij, Head of the Dept. ORBO AIIMS for creating Green Corridor to facilitate the transportation of live Heart from IGI Airport, Terminal-1 to AIIMS Hospital which was brought by air from Chandigarh by IndiGo Flight,” said the Joint CP.
"Despite the engagement of the traffic staff in connection with the VVIP Route and Traffic regulations, a green corridor was provided to the ambulance from IGI Airport, to AIIMS Hospital and the live Heart was transported successfully," he said.