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, the Foundation extended the
service nationwide with an annual donation of HK$40 million to establish
hospice services at 24 major hospitals.
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, 65,000 patients have benefited annually,
and more than 20,000 house calls have been made. The service will
be further expanded to 28 hospices throughout the country in 2008,
serving 18,000 patients annually. The Foundation’s total contributions
to this program is now over HK$240 million.
- The First Affiliated Hospital of the Shantou University Medical College
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
- Beijing Cancer Hospital
- Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Second Medical University
- Tianjing First Central Hospital
- Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical College
- Guangdong Medical College Affiliated Hospital
- Shenzhen People's Hospital
- Yuebei People's Hospital of Guangdong
- Chaozhou Central Hospital of Guangdong
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Medical College
- First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou Medical College
- Fujian Provincial Hospital
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guanxi Medical University
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Jiangxi
- The Hospice of the Tumour of Xinjiang Medical University
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical
Sciences
- The Hospice of the Tumour of Harbin Medical University
- The Hospice of Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University
- Shaanxi People's Hospital
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University
- Hainan Provincial People's Hospital
- Dehong People's Hospital, Yunnan
The service has been well recognized by the community and is highly
acclaimed by government officials.
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