Organ donation coordinator sees new starts, not death, in her tough job

Since she began coordinating organ donations two years ago, Meng Fengyu sees death not as an end to one life, but as a new start for another.

In her role as a coordinator in Hunan province, Meng seldom wears brightly colored clothing. She needs to be ready at any time to communicate to relatives the possibility of critical patients in intensive care units donating their organs.

It is not an easy job. Meng has attended dozens of funerals during her two years as a coordinator of organ donations. Her appearance at an ICU is often seen by medical staff as a sign that a patient is about to pass away. "I feel like I am regarded as death," she said.