Standing before the Body Donors Monument at Shimenfeng cemetery in Wuhan, Hubei province, Zhang Tianrui's eyes fill with sorrow as he bends down to caress the 385th name carved on the gray stone. It reads Zhang Lei, the only child of the 49-year-old, whose painful decision has given five critically ill people a fresh lease on life. Two of them, with inflamed corneas can now see, two with kidney problems have been taken off dialysis machines, and a woman with liver cirrhosis can finally eat normally.
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