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Indian Railways transported India's first live donor heart by train, carried aboard Train No. 20901 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express from Surat to Ahmedabad for transplantation at the U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre.
A dedicated Green Corridor from Ahmedabad Railway Station Platform 1 to the hospital was set up jointly by the Railway Protection Force and Gujarat Police to ensure uninterrupted, time-critical movement.
The mission demonstrated Vande Bharat's speed and reliability for time-sensitive organ transplantation, expanding Indian Railways' role in emergency healthcare logistics.
Coordinated the Green Corridor and security for the organ-transport mission
Recipient hospital that performed the heart transplant
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Healthcare Logistics
One-off milestone; unlikely to recur but tests the specific 'first'
A temporarily cleared, uninterrupted transport route created by coordinating traffic/security agencies to move a donor organ to a hospital within its viability window.