Thane: A heart, retrieved from a 13-year-old who had died in an accident, was transported from Aurangabad to Mumbai and transplanted to a four-year-old girl.
A statement from Fortis Hospital in suburban Mulund, where the transplant took place, said that the operation was successful and the girl, a resident of Jalna, was under observation.
A hospital statement said the heart was taken from a 13-year-old boy, who died in a road accident, in Aurangabad's MGM Hospital on Friday.
A chartered flight brought the heart to Mumbai Airport at 3 pm from where it was rushed, via a green corridor, to Fortis Hospital, about 18 km away.
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A statement from Fortis Hospital in suburban Mulund, where the transplant took place, said that the operation was successful and the girl, a resident of Jalna, was under observation.
A hospital statement said the heart was taken from a 13-year-old boy, who died in a road accident, in Aurangabad's MGM Hospital on Friday.
A chartered flight brought the heart to Mumbai Airport at 3 pm from where it was rushed, via a green corridor, to Fortis Hospital, about 18 km away.
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