<p>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.<br /><br />District police present at Dharwad border escorted the ambulance carrying the organ through the green corridor.<br /><br />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.</p>.<p>Doctors accompanying the organ carried it directly to the transplant operation theatre wherein the recipient was kept ready for surgery.</p>.<p>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.</p>
<p>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.<br /><br />District police present at Dharwad border escorted the ambulance carrying the organ through the green corridor.<br /><br />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.</p>.<p>Doctors accompanying the organ carried it directly to the transplant operation theatre wherein the recipient was kept ready for surgery.</p>.<p>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.</p>