One of the greatest wishes of Fung, an elderly patient hospitalised at Hong Kong’s Caritas Medical Centre for the past three months, is to see her pet cat, Silver.

The internal medicine patient said it would be a “precious memory” if she could be reunited with her 13-year-old calico cat.

“I miss Silver very much. My daughter will show me videos, but if I can see it face to face, I can hug and kiss it and say goodbye,” she said.

“If we can have a final reunion, I can tell it to be obedient and live a good life.”

In line with the government’s push to adopt pet-friendly policies, the Hospital Authority announced on Tuesday that it would allow special arrangements for palliative care patients to spend time with their pet cats and dogs.

It said it would adopt a more humane approach to be flexible in allowing personal pet visits to wards, especially for patients with impaired mobility.