Bengaluru: Metro Rail transports heart, donor lungs for transplant swiftly, safely
Bengaluru (PTI): Metro Rail in Bengaluru on Thursday proved itself as the ‘lifeline’ of the city when it facilitated the safe and rapid transportation of a pair of lungs and a live human heart.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said it supported the Sparsh Hospital medical team in the swift and safe transportation of a live human heart and a pair of lungs using the Namma Metro.
The heart was brought to Goraguntepalya Metro Station at 9.34 am and reached Banashankari Metro Station at 10.15 am, covering 17 stations in just 41 minutes, the BMRCL said in a statement.
It added that the lungs were brought to the same station at 10.05 am and reached Bommasandra Metro Station at 11.13 am, after an interchange at RV Road Station, covering 31 stations in one hour and eight minutes.
"Namma Metro facilitated a seamless and time-critical transfer, ensuring the organs reached Aster RV Hospital and Narayana Health City promptly and safely," the statement said.
The operation was efficiently coordinated by officers of the BMRCL Security Department, along with station officials and the medical team, it added.
"BMRCL remains committed to supporting such life-saving missions by providing efficient, reliable, and socially responsible transport solutions in collaboration with medical institutions," the Metro Rail said.
Narayana Health City said, "The use of the Namma Metro enabled swift, congestion-free movement across the city, helping preserve the viability of the organs for transplantation."
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Money-dispute angle emerges in Delhi bus gangrape case
New Delhi (PTI): Police probing the alleged gangrape of a 30-year-old woman inside a private sleeper bus in Outer Delhi have found that there was a dispute over money between the victim and the accused, sources said on Friday.
The woman was allegedly dragged inside the bus and raped by the driver and the conductor in the Mangolpuri area here on May 11. Both the accused were arrested the following day.
According to the police sources, the woman, in her complaint, has stated that there was a dispute over money with the accused.
The sources also said that one of the accused did not flee the spot after the incident and the victim later used his mobile phone to call police.
The woman has also told police that her husband is suffering from a medical condition and is unable to work. The couple have four children and she has been working to support the family, the sources said.
Police are probing the case from all angles and have already seized the bus. CCTV footage from the route taken by the vehicle on the day of the incident is also being examined.
The case was registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) dealing with rape and gangrape, police said.
