Fortis Hospital’s ambulance departed PGIMS at 7.40 pm, covering 95 kilometres to Shalimar Bagh in 63 minutes. The route, marked a green corridor, was cleared by Haryana and Delhi police to ensure no traffic interference. The heart, retrieved at 7.20 pm, slid into the ambulance within 20 minutes. The team left the institute at the same hour, arriving at Fortis at 8.43 pm.
The operation began after Fortis was alerted through the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation at 8.50 am. A B‑positive recipient was confirmed by doctors at 9.55 am, and NOTTO formally allocated the organ at 12.03 pm. This rapid confirmation chain allowed the heart to reach the operating theatre without delay.
Later that afternoon, the medical crew left Delhi for Rohtak at 2.49 pm, reached PGIMS at 4.34 pm, and collected the donor heart. The ambulance then retraced the 95‑km corridor, arriving back in Delhi by 5:45 pm. Police escorts ensured the route remained unobstructed, mirroring the initial leg of the journey.
Naveen Sharma, Fortis’ vice president, said, “Executing an inter‑state green corridor across a 95‑km route requires extraordinary synchronisation between law‑enforcement authorities and medical teams.” The heart will be transplanted into a B‑positive patient later that evening. A family of the recipient, huddled on the hospital’s waiting floor, watched the ambulance arrive, hoping for a cure.