An Icebox, A Live Heart And The Man Who Drove & Drove
In some ways, it was surprising that any good could ever come of a cadaver, a heart failure and a vehicle with a live heart in its trunk tearing through a crowded city.
That it did on June 16, 2014 in Chennai, and that more than 50 people coordinated the whole thing with surreal precision to save a life, could tempt one to use words like âmiracleâ or âaberrationâ. But in truth, it was already the cityâs eighth time this year: a heart transplant made possible by someoneâs supreme generosity, a government organ registryâs bureaucratic brilliance and the policeâs logistical enthusiasm. { read more }
Be The Change
Sometimes we are the ambulance driver, and sometimes we are the pedestrian, just trying to get out of the way for the ambulance to pass. Both matter. Find a friend and reflect on times when you have been in both roles and how both transformed your awareness of our interconnection. |
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