This is a hotel, not a hospice.

By the way, some days ago a hospice caught fire.

In that hospice, there were 31 men and women who were actively dying.

And it's true, I've never worked in a hospice, I've never been on my deathbed.

I was so privileged to be able to teach in a hospice on the outskirts of Bangalore.

For me, this story begins about 15 years ago, when I was a hospice doctor at the University of Chicago.

VIVAT also has established homes for the HIV AIDS affected children and is managing a hospice for caring for the dying adults.

It's true. Hospice workers, the people who take care of us at the end of our lives, recently issued a report on the most frequently expressed regrets that people say when they are literally on their deathbeds.

New funding is being allocated in the 1998 99 budget for hospitals and nursing facilities, which includes funding for treatment of HIV AIDS, testing kits for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and vaccines, hospice care, renal dialysis, child and family care and the foster care programme.

Now, as far as I know, no one ever told one of the hospice workers, I wish I'd spent more time playing video games, but when I hear these top five regrets of the dying, I can't help but hear five deep human cravings that games actually help us fulfill.