India needs 200,000 kidneys; 50,000 hearts; 50,000 livers for transplantation each year: Doctors The many successfully green corridor creation for organ transfers has city planners and doctors wondering why the ambitious ‘ambulance lane’ for the city has been shelved. K .K Kapila, chairman, International Road Federation (IRF), speaking about the need for robust transport facilities for ambulances and organ donation cases said, “Traffic congestion is a reality in Delhi.
Ambulances are often slowed down because of ongoing metro rail construction, indiscriminate digging, poor drainage infrastructure, and failure of public transport system.’’ The term, ‘Green Corridor’, means an obstruction-free route for transporting organs quickly is becoming popular world-wide. “At present a dedicated lane from place of organ donation (hospital/airport etc.) is created by traffic police and NGO’s to…
