LUCKNOW: A green corridor was created in the city for the first time late on Tuesday night to transport a liver retrieved by doctors at King George's Medical University for a patient in New Delhi's Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.The entire operation for non-stop transportation of the organ from the KGMU to Amausi airport was coordinated by Chowk circle officer Sarvesh Mishra on the medical university's request. "With the help of 50 cops, the ambulance carrying the retrieved organ travelled more than 18 km in record 22 minutes," Mishra said.Organ Transplant Programme coordinator for KGMU, Dr Manmeet Singh , said that cornea, kidneys and liver of a brain-dead patient Pramod Sahni were retrieved on Tuesday evening after his family gave a written consent.The 35-year-old patient had sustained head injury due to assault in Gorakhpur, on Monday and was referred to the KGMU's neurosurgery department. When he was declared brain dead his attendants were offered the option of organ donation. His father Ram Nayan and brother agreed for the same.While the corneas were sent to the university's ophthalmology department, the KGMU authorities got in touch with Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences for liver and kidneys. SGPGI accepted the kidneys but not liver. "Accordingly, we got in touch with ILBS which agreed to transport the liver using an air ambulance," said Dr Singh.Talking about experience, Chowk CO Mishra said, "Since it was night, it worked to our benefit, but heavy traffic movement was a challenge. However, everything worked out well because of support of cops at police stations on the way." After the organ reached Amausi, a team from ILBS got it airlifted. "A green corridor was created in New Delhi as well to transport the organ from airport to the hospital," Dr Singh said."A green corridor refers is a non-stop thoroughfare for vehicles transporting vital organs from one medical center to other," said Prof Ravi Kant, vice chancellor KGMU. In the past, green corridors have been created in different cities like Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Navi Mumbai and Kochi to transport organs for transplant.Timeline10.46 pm : KGMU informs Chowk Police Station about need for a green corridor.11.oo pm: Chowk Police ready after coordinating with different stake holders.11.08 pm: Police escort vehicle starts with ambulance to transport the liver.11.30 pm: Organ delivered at Amausi Airport to be transported to ILBS hospital New Delhi.key points* Liver was transported from KGMU to Aashiana Airport (18 km) in record 22 minutes.* More than 50 policemen across Chowk, Wazirganj, Hazratganj, Aashiana, Krishnanagar and Sarojaninagar police circles were were engaged in traffic management.* Truck movement at Shaheed Path, Bara Birwa Chauraha and Kanpur Road was stalled for half an hour.