Comment on "At life's end, hospices ease pain" (China Daily, July 5)

Before I came to China I was a hospice worker for a long time. And I can tell you it is a godsend to the people when their loved one is dying. It definitely eases the stress level of the family and also eases the patients' suffering. It is a service that should be available to all terminally ill patients. Thanks and blessings to those in Shanghai who are doing such wonderful and necessary work.

Nanxi Cao, on China Daily website

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(China Daily 07/10/2012 page9)