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Donor kidney transported from Dharwad to Belagavi in 55 minutes via green corridorEarlier in the week, heart of a brain-dead girl was transported via the same route in 58 minutes
Raju Gavali
DHNS
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Doctors from KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belagavi carrying the donated kidney after its arrival from SDM Hospital, Dharwad on Thursday. Credit: DH photo
Doctors from KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belagavi carrying the donated kidney after its arrival from SDM Hospital, Dharwad on Thursday. Credit: DH photo

Belagavi District Police and Dharwad-Hubballi Police created an approximately 90-km-long green corridor for transporting a kidney from SDM Hospital, Dharwad to KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital on Thursday. The distance was covered in 55 minutes.

District police present at Dharwad border escorted the ambulance carrying the organ through the green corridor.

Kamalavva (48), a resident of Yettingud in Dharwad, had suffered severe injuries in a road accident, and was declared brain-dead. Family members, after receiving counselling, agreed to donate her organs and her kidney was transported for a patient registered under Jeevansarthakate at KLES Hospital in Belagavi.

Doctors accompanying the organ carried it directly to the transplant operation theatre wherein the recipient was kept ready for surgery.

Earlier in the week, heart of a brain-dead girl was transported through a green corridor from SDM Hospital to KLES Hospital, and the same distance was covered in 58 minutes.

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(Published 14 July 2022, 14:49 IST)