The no-obstruction traffic corridor of 23 kilometres was set up after a request came in from a local hospital at 7 am.
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A green corridor was on Friday operationalised between Kashimira area of Thane district and Vile Parle in Mumbai to help airlift a critical patient to Hyderabad, a police official said.
The no-obstruction traffic corridor of 23 kilometres was set up after a request came in from a local hospital at 7 am, and the ambulance carrying the patient covered the distance in 35 minutes between 9:10am and 9:45am, the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police official said.
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“The flight carrying the patient, who needed an urgent liver operation, took off from a Pawan Hans facility in Vile Parle at 10:05am and it reached Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad in Telangana at 11:40 am,” he said.
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