Legal analysis: The Civil Code stipulates that husband and wife have an obligation to support each other. If a husband neglects his sick wife, he will be subject to moral criticism, and if it causes serious consequences, he will be subject to criminal punishment. For those who are old, young, sick, or otherwise incapable of independent living, who have the obligation to support but refuse to support them, if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Legal basis: Article 261 of the "Criminal Law" For those who are old, young, sick, or otherwise incapable of independent living, who have the obligation to support but refuse to support them, and the circumstances are egregious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance.