Green corridor between Gurgaon hospital, IGIA tested.

A hospital in Gurgaon, teaming up with police, carried out a trial run on Wednesday for setting up a 'green corridor', a signal-free stretch from the IGI airport to the hospital that will be used for transportation of harvested organs for transplant patients.

During the trial run, the 15.5-km stretch from the airport to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurgaon was covered in 15.42 minutes. Four traffic signals on the route were kept green for the test. The trial run started from the airport at 11 am.

'We fully supported the exercise. Gurgaon police made all necessary arrangements to facilitate uninterrupted movement of the vehicle that took part in the trial run. We have pledged our support in future also. We will be very happy to be associated with efforts that strive to save human lives. We now plan to extend the green corridor facility to other medical emergencies also,' Alok Mittal, Commissioner of Police (Gurgaon), said.


THE INDIAN EXPRESS