idukki from minister to laymen and ambulance operators to autorickshaw drivers all joined hands for a crucial two and a half hours on thursday noon in an attempt to make way for an icu ambulance carrying 17yearold ann maria joy of erattayar in kattappana who suffered a cardiac arrest to find a path back to life the teenager was rushed to amrita institute of medical sciences in kochi from st johns hospital in kattapana in 2 hours 30 minutes for emergency treatment for the neurorelated ailments she suffered after the cardiac arrestann maria who has never shown any signs of heart ailments collapsed while kneeling during prayers at erattayar church on thursday morning and was rushed to st johns hospital in half an hour though her condition was not stable the hospital authorities took the call to shift her immediately to aims which is nearly 130km away at the earliest to provide her advanced medical careambulance driver subramanian c manikuttan and codriver thomas devasya along with two paramedical staff started with ann to kochi in the icu ambulance by 1130am from kattappana after being informed about the matter minister roshy augustine informed top police offices in idukki and ernakulam to provide a pilot for the ambulance carrying the patient the social media was abuzz with the post mentioning the mission and ambulance operators autorickshaw drivers traffic police and common lot hit the streets conveying the message to make way for the ambulance via cheruthoni thodupuzha muvattupuzha and vyttila to reach the destinationthere was a police pilot from moolamattom to aims and there were ambulances giving announcements to clear the way for our vehicle we reached the hospital in kochi in two and a half hours it takes not less than three and a half hours to reach kochi from kattapana otherwise thomas saidann is stable in terms of her cardiac condition however as the blood supply to the brain had stopped after the cardiac arrest she has some neuro issues i spoke to the doctors treating her and she is under observation we are hopeful that she will come back to life and the support we received from the police and the public alike in the mission was unbelievable minister augustine said