Bhubaneswar: In order to facilitate shifting of a critical patient from a private hospital in Bhubaneswar to Biju Patnaik International Airport, who was in exigency of organ transplant in Chennai, the Commissionerate Police provided ‘Green Corridor’ Saturday.
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‘Green Corridor’ is an escorted and traffic-free path on road which helps the harvested body parts as well as critical patients in reaching hospitals for further treatment in a short notice.
“At about 4pm, Additional DCP of Traffic and his team ensured a ‘Green Corridor’ from hospital to airport for shifting a critical patient in air-ambulance to Chennai for organ transplant,” tweeted Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Soumya Mishra.
It gave the department immense pleasure to have performed their bit in saving a life, the DCP expressed.
A convoy of vehicles including an ambulance carrying the patient reached the airport within nine minutes. The patient was then shifted to an air-ambulance which immediately left for Chennai, she added.
PNN