Paying Forward | Samuel Ang | TEDxXavierSchool
04 Sep 2024 (14 days ago)
Early Life and Career
- The speaker was born in the 1950s into a large family in Xiamen, China.
- The speaker is the director of the Chinese General Hospital, a 130-year-old institution in Manila, Philippines.
Healthcare in the Philippines
- Robert Frost wrote that people are always faced with choices in life, and it is impossible to know at the time whether the choice was correct.
- In 2015, a majority of the population in the Philippines had PhilHealth coverage.
- The average salary for government doctors in the Philippines has increased to around 100,000 pesos.
- The Philippines' Department of Health has increased funding and improved facilities in government hospitals.