Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 179 Anyone who infringes upon others and causes personal injury shall pay compensation for medical expenses, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, nutrition expenses, hospital food subsidies and other reasonable expenses for treatment and rehabilitation, as well as the income reduced due to absenteeism. If it causes disability, it shall also compensate for the cost of assistive devices and disability compensation; If death is caused, funeral expenses and death compensation shall also be paid.
Article 181 If an infringer dies, his close relatives have the right to request the infringer to bear tort liability. The infringed is an organization, which is divided or merged, and the organization that inherits the rights has the right to request the infringer to bear the tort liability.
If the infringed dies, the person who paid the reasonable expenses such as medical expenses and funeral expenses of the infringed has the right to claim compensation from the infringed, unless the infringed has paid the expenses.
Article 128 If a patient suffers damage in medical activities and the medical institution or its medical personnel are at fault, the medical institution shall be liable for compensation.