Li Ka-shing pioneered free hospice care services in the mainland. In November 1998, the Li Ka Shing Foundation established the "Heart of Gold" Hospice Service Program, setting up China's first free hospice at the First Affiliated Hospital of the Shantou University Medical College. Responding to a need to serve terminal-stage cancer patients, in 2001 the Foundation extended the service nationwide with an annual donation of HK$40 million to establish hospice services at 24 major hospitals. The service has been further expanded to 30 hospices throughout the country in 2009, serving 20,000 patients annually.
At present, this is the only service that provides free hospice care for impoverished cancer patients at home, offering pain alleviation, psychological counseling, and other terminal care. Since its inception, 86,000 patients have benefited annually. The Foundation's total contributions to this program is now over HK$280 million.
- Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University
- Baotou Central Hospital, Inner Mongolia
- Beijing Cancer Hospital
- Chaozhou Central Hospital of Guangdong
- Dehong People's Hospital, Yunnan
- First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guanxi Medical University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Medical College
- First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou Medical College
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Jiangxi
- Fujian Provincial Hospital
- Guangdong Medical College Affiliated Hospital
- Hainan Provincial People's Hospital
- Hunan Tumour Hospital
- Ningxia People's Hospital
- Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical College
- Shaanxi People's Hospital
- Shanxi Tumour Hospital
- Shenzhen People's Hospital
- The Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences
- The First Affiliated Hospital of the Shantou University Medical College
- The Hospice of the Tumour of Harbin Medical University
- The Hospice of the Tumour of Xinjiang Medical University
- The Hospice of Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University
- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medicine College, Henan
- Tianjing First Central Hospital
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University
- Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Second Medical University
- Yuebei People's Hospital of Guangdong
The service has been well recognized by the community and is highly
acclaimed by government officials.
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