Guntur: Quick work by the police facilitated the quick transport of the donor heart from the NRI General Hospital at Mangalagiri to the Government General Hospital, Guntur.
The heart was despatched from Mangalagiri at 11.07 am and reached GGH in 15 minutes, at 11.22 am.
Guntur urban additional SP J. Bhaskar Rao, ASP Subba Rayudu, traffic DSP K. Srinivasulu, east DSP M. Santhosh, circle inspectors Venkanna Chowdary, Suresh Babu and Vema Reddy with 100 policemen created a green channel by clearing roads to shift the heart. The transplantation surgery started at 11.30 am and was completed at 5.30 pm.
GGH, Guntur has a record of performing heart surgeries on 120 patients, and created a record with the heart transplantation under the private public partnership mode.
