He deals with dead people with a smile

Mohd Alif thoroughly checking the documents to ensure there is no mix-up of bodies placed in the mortuary. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Keep smiling – that’s Mohd Alif Azwan Abdullah’s motto.

“If I don’t, it gets really stressful when you’re dealing with dead bodies, crying families and standing for hours in the autopsy suite during a post-mortem,” says the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) mortuary department manager-cum-assistant medical officer.