In a unique first, the Hyderabad Metro Rail will be deployed in transplanting a live heart organ from Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar to Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, on Tuesday.
For this, the Hyderabad Metro Rail will be plying an exclusive passengerless coach. The entire circuit will likely start at 4 pm and end in 30-35 minutes after it arrives at Jubliee Hills Checkpost metro station, said an official.
From there, it will be taken in an ambulance to the hospital which is about 1 km away. We decided to take the metro and not road route as it was a 21 km journey via several traffic-intensive areas which will take at least 60 minutes or more due to certain flyover works. The metro will take barely 30-40 minutes,” said Anoop Antony.