Bangalore Heart Transplant

Arisha Imtiaz is only two years old but she has already undergone a heart surgery. She suffers from an uncommon disorder called Red Cell Aplasia, and now she needs a bone marrow transplant. That procedure will cost a massive Rs 30 lakh, money that her family says they simply don't have.

A new lease of life for two-year-old Russian baby, Gleb, who's recovering well after a heart transplant in Chennai. His heart developed pumping problems when he was just a year old, due to a condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Now, a new heart beats in him, thanks to the heart of a brain-dead baby in Bangalore, whose parents donated the he...

The heart of a two-year-old boy who died on Friday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru was successfully transplanted into another young child in Chennai. The heart was rushed from one city to another, all within the space of four hours.

Very soon, traffic will have to stop in Bangalore for a coming ambulance. The city, which recently provided a green corridor for the transport of a human heart for transplant, wants to give a permanent priority to ambulances. And even VIP vehicles would have to stop for them.

Green corridors to facilitate organ transport used to be a phenomenon that happens in foreign countries. But not any more. Today, a heart was sent from Bangalore to Chennai in record time - thanks to green corridors on both sides.

Arisha Imtiaz is only two years old but she has already undergone a heart surgery. She suffers from an uncommon disorder called Red Cell Aplasia, and now she needs a bone marrow transplant. That procedure will cost a massive Rs 30 lakh, money that her family says they simply don't have.

A new lease of life for two-year-old Russian baby, Gleb, who's recovering well after a heart transplant in Chennai. His heart developed pumping problems when he was just a year old, due to a condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Now, a new heart beats in him, thanks to the heart of a brain-dead baby in Bangalore, whose parents donated the he...

The heart of a two-year-old boy who died on Friday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru was successfully transplanted into another young child in Chennai. The heart was rushed from one city to another, all within the space of four hours.

Very soon, traffic will have to stop in Bangalore for a coming ambulance. The city, which recently provided a green corridor for the transport of a human heart for transplant, wants to give a permanent priority to ambulances. And even VIP vehicles would have to stop for them.

Green corridors to facilitate organ transport used to be a phenomenon that happens in foreign countries. But not any more. Today, a heart was sent from Bangalore to Chennai in record time - thanks to green corridors on both sides.