NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines—In the 1960s, Dr. Floriño Francisco turned his back to a job offer for him to be an associate in adolescent medicine at Harvard University in the United States.
His father, National Artist for Literature Lazaro Francisco, had told him that it would be a nobler deed to return home and serve his countrymen than live in affluence as a second-class citizen in a foreign land.
Francisco, now 70, heeded his father’s advice and returned home in 1968 after finishing his post-graduate training and residency in several US hospitals and medical facilities.
He practiced in the Philippines and established the Lingap Bata Medical Mission 12 years ago in Nueva Ecija. He also initiated and participated in projects that helped the poor.
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