With death around her, she helps bring new lives into the world

Gynecologist Wang Li was preparing to deliver a baby in a Pengzhou county hospital when the massive quake struck on May 12.

"I was the first to shout 'earthquake!' when the building suddenly shook violently," she told the media.

Her office on the second floor faced the stairs and she could have rushed out easily - but the pregnant woman was in the operation theater on the same floor.