{
  "id": 18112300,
  "title": "Hongkongers to draft end-of-life treatment refusals online from next year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/hongkongers-to-draft-end-of-life-treatment-refusals-online-from-next-18112300",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:45:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3373281/hongkongers-draft-end-life-treatment-refusals-online-next-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}