Despite his lack of formal education, Wang Yung-ching's entrepreneurial genius enabled him to prosper under Taiwan's free enterprise system. But Wang never forgot his father's worries.
父親因此常感嘆：窮人家真是生不起病啊。每思及此，王永慶便興起辦一所現代化、大眾化的好醫院的念頭，期使一般大眾在有病痛時，都能得到良好的醫療照顧。