The medical team of Sparsh Hospital in Bengaluru and Metro Rail (BMRCL) together performed an operation that was no less than a movie scene. The city's lifeline, the Metro, quickly transported a human heart and lungs being taken for transplant on Thursday.

BMRCL issued a statement saying that the team of doctors brought the heart to Goraguntepalya Metro Station at 9:34 AM and delivered it to Banashankari Station at 10:15 AM. During this time, the heart crossed 17 stations in just 41 minutes.

Meanwhile, the lungs were brought to Goraguntepalya Station at 10:05 AM and delivered to Bommasandra Station at 11:13 AM. This involved an interchange at RV Road Station and covered 31 stations in just 1 hour 8 minutes (68 minutes). After this, both organs could be transplanted into patients. A heart

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