Chinese man, 82, travels 12 hours daily for 105 days to visit wife in ICU; devotion touches hearts
Farmer wakes at 4.30am every day to prepare meals for beloved wife, holds her hand by side of bed and reminisces about their life together
In a heart-wrenching display of devotion, an elderly man from eastern China spent 12 hours every day for 105 days travelling to visit his wife in hospital.
Chen Achong, 82, a farmer from Zhoushan in Zhejiang province, and his wife, Xue, have been married for more than 50 years, according to the mainland media outlet Xinwenfang.
A year ago, Xue suffered a stroke and soon after developed severe pneumonia, leading to her hospitalisation in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Li Huili Hospital in Ningbo.
With their son unable to be by her side due to work, Chen took on the full responsibility of caring for his wife.
Every day, he woke at 4.30am to prepare meals before catching a bus to Ningbo, where he transferred to another to reach the hospital.
ICU visiting hours were from 10.30 to 11.00am, but after his visit, Chen would stay in the hospital corridor until the afternoon before taking the bus back to Zhoushan.