"A Big Rainbow in the Sky on the Day After the Funeral" A Woman in Her 50s Who Helped Elderly People Living Alone Saved Four Lives Through Organ Donation [Warm]

[Financial News] A woman in her 50s who had volunteered for more than 10 years to help homeless people and elderly people living alone has given four people a new life through brain-dead organ donation and has passed away.
According to the Korea Organ Donation Agency on the 13th, Lee Geum-mi, 55, donated her heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital of The Catholic University of Korea on the 21st of last month, saving four lives before she died.
About five years ago, Lee visited a hospital after suffering from persistent headaches and dizziness and was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy. Multiple system atrophy is a degenerative disease in which several functions of the brain and nervous system gradually decline.
On the 12th of last month, Lee lost consciousness after experiencing breathing difficulties at home and was taken to a hospital, but she never regained consciousness and was later declared brain-dead.
Her family agreed to the organ donation in accordance with Lee's wishes, as she had repeatedly expressed her intention to donate her organs while she was alive.
Lee's older sister said, "My younger sister and I talked about what good we could do for others at the end of our lives, and we promised each other that we would donate our organs," adding, "Our family respected that wish and agreed to the donation."
Born as the youngest of one son and two daughters, Lee worked as a hairdresser for 30 years starting in her early 20s. Outgoing by nature, she enjoyed golf and hiking on her days off, and while running a hair salon, she also continued her studies by attending graduate school.
Lee also devoted herself to helping her neighbors. Together with acquaintances, she spent nearly 10 years volunteering to cut the hair of homeless people and elderly people living alone, and she consistently donated to neighbors in financial need.
Her sister said, "What her friends said about her left the deepest impression on me: 'She was stylish when she was alive, and she left this world in style too.'" She added, "When I saw the big rainbow in the sky on the day after the funeral, I felt that you had left this world well. I hope you are not in pain there, and that you are living well, loved by many people."

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