Hongkongers will be able to create advance medical directives electronically, setting out which life-sustaining treatments they do not wish to receive when terminally ill on the city’s eHealth record platform as early as next year, authorities have said.
In a written reply to lawmakers on Wednesday, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said the electronic service for advance medical directives, which currently exists only in paper form, would be rolled out “in phases”.
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Hongkongers to draft end-of-life treatment refusals online from next year
By The Best News Network
November 4, 2026
