Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that the Bengaluru to Chennai Expressway, once created, would help in facilitating organ transplantation by reducing the travel time between the two cities to two hours.
He said hospitals in parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh could benefit from the expressway, which would enable faster transport of harvested organs. Land acquisition and other works were in progress for the expressway, he added.
Addressing a function organised by MGM Healthcare hospital to mark the completion of 500 heart and lung transplants by its team, led by K.R. Balakrishnan, Mr. Gadkari said such achievements put India on the global map in the field of healthcare.
