Chandigarh, May 17 -- The wife of a serving soldier got a new lease of life after Army's Western Command hospital in Chandimandir, in collaboration with PGIMS hospital in Rohtak, successfully facilitated the retrieval and rapid air transportation of a kidney from a brain-dead road accident victim.
In a remarkable humanitarian effort, the Command Hospital Chandimandir in Panchkula, under the aegis of Army's Western Command, in collaboration with PGIMS Rohtak, facilitated the retrieval and rapid air transportation on May 16.
An Army Aviation helicopter executed the critical life-saving mission from Chandimandir to Rohtak and back with precision and within stringent timelines, the Western Command said.
The harvested organ was swiftly airlif...