Heart captured in Mossoró arrives in Natal for transplant Reproduction A heart captured in Mossoró, in Rio Grande do Norte, arrived in Natal to be transplanted into a 67-year-old patient this Thursday (16). The man is the only one registered on the Unified Health System (SUS) waiting list for a heart transplant in the state. The organ was transported by the Potiguar 02 helicopter, from the Public Security Secretariat of Rio Grande do Norte, which landed at the Military Police General Command Headquarters, in the capital. From there, the heart was escorted by STTU scouts to Rio Grande Hospital, where the recipient was already waiting in the operating room. ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp Logistics is part of a task force that involved teams from the state's Transplant Center, health professionals, public safety aviation and traffic agencies. Multiple operation can benefit up to six people. The donor is a 27-year-old man who had been admitted to the Tarcísio Maia Regional Hospital, in Mossoró, since July. He suffered a traumatic brain injury after a motorcycle accident. With the family's permission, the heart, liver, two kidneys and two corneas were captured. In addition to the helicopter from Rio Grande do Norte, an aircraft coming from Fortaleza landed at Dix-Sept Rosado Airport, in Mossoró, at 9:10 am, to participate in the operation. The team from Ceará helped to collect the liver and kidneys, but only the liver went to the state of Ceará. This is the third organ and tissue harvesting carried out by the Tarcísio Maia Regional Hospital in 2026. The unit also recorded the first heart harvesting in the year, a procedure that, according to the institution, had not been carried out on site since before the pandemic. Race against time in RN for organ transplantation