The deified sport of cricket, specially high-octane glamour cricket, may now be extolled for another non-sporting feat. It has made creaky civic-run hospital machinery act with swift agility to execute a task that wasn’t needed. For the IPL matches on April 6 and 11, the BMC-run Nairu00a0hospital conscientiously sent a team of three doctors from medicine, surgery and anaesthesia departments in a well-equipped cardiac ambulance to Wankhede stadium.

Reading beyond the lines: As a safety measure, the Marine Drive police had asked civic hospitals to stay prepared during IPL matches, since a large number of fans were expected at Wankhede stadium. But Nair hospitalu00a0went a step beyond and dispatched an ambulance to the stadium. File pic