250 Km In 2 Hours: Donor Heart Races Via Vande Bharat To Save Life
Indian Railways successfully transported a live donor heart from Surat to Ahmedabad using the Vande Bharat Express. The operation involved a coordinated green corridor between railway authorities and local police to ensure the organ reached the hospital within a critical timeframe.
Why it matters
This marks a significant milestone in medical logistics, demonstrating how high-speed public infrastructure can be repurposed for life-saving emergency medical transport.
In a historic medical first for Indian Railways, a live donor heart was rushed 250 km from Surat to Ahmedabad on Friday via a high-speed "green corridor" created aboard the Vande Bharat Express and across city streets to save the life of a critically ill cardiac patient.The time-sensitive operation involved the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Gujarat Police collaborating with medical teams to establish seamless transit from Surat all the way to the operation theatre at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad.Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said the heart was later transplanted into a patient at the institute, giving a new lease of life to him.Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) at Ahmedabad, Ved Prakash, called it a moment of pride and satisfaction for Indian Railways.A special green corridor was prepared by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Gujarat police to transport the live heart from…
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