Across China: China steps up hospice care to enable peaceful, dignified end-of-life journeys

NANJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Whenever Chen Yun misses her father, she gazes at a photo from his 94th birthday celebration in the hospice ward of Jiangsu Province Hospital in east China. In the picture, her father, wearing a birthday hat, smiles as he enjoys longevity noodles, surrounded by dishes like ribs and tofu, and a birthday cake.

In April 2024, Chen's father was urgently hospitalized due to cancer-related