Archive · 3 Aug 2025
Bengaluru Metro Used to Transport Liver, Saving a Life
In Bengaluru, doctors used the Namma Metro to transport a donated liver for a life-saving transplant.
The liver was taken from a donor at Vydehi Hospital to a patient at Sparsh Hospital, avoiding heavy traffic.
The quick trip, facilitated by metro staff, saved time.
The patient, who was on the waiting list for months, received the liver and is recovering well.
This was the first organ transport of its kind in Bengaluru.
A human liver was transported via Bengaluru's Namma Metro for a transplant.
The liver was retrieved from a 24-year-old accident victim at Vydehi Hospital.
The organ was transported to Sparsh Hospital in Rajarajeshwarinagar for a patient with liver failure.
The metro journey, spanning 32 stations, took just over an hour.
The transplant surgery was successful, with the recipient now stable.
- Who
- Medical team, BMRCL staff, and security personnel.
- What
- Transportation of a human liver via Namma Metro for a transplant.
- When
- Friday night.
- Where
- Bengaluru, between Whitefield and Rajarajeshwarinagar, to Sparsh Hospital.
- Why
- To ensure swift transportation of a donated organ for a critical transplant and avoid traffic delays.
- Organ
- Human Liver
- Hospitals Involved
- Vydehi Hospital, Sparsh Hospital
- Transportation Method
- Namma Metro
- Travel Time
- Just over an hour
- Patient Condition
- Severe hepatitis-related liver failure
Sources
BMRCL facilitates Bengaluru's first ever organ transportation by metro
Bengaluru's First-Ever Liver Transportation Carried Out On Metro Train For Critical Transplant
Bengaluru Metro Makes History with First-Ever Organ Transport
Namma Metro transports human liver for transplant; becomes second metro network in country to ferry organ
Bengaluru hospital transports liver for surgery via Namma Metro, avoids city’s notorious traffic | Watch
Namma Metro delivers life-saving liver for transplant in first such exercise
Namma Metro delivers life-saving liver for transplant in first such exercise
Watch | For the First Time: Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Used for Organ Transport in Urgent Transplant
