Country doctors treat villagers like family members
By Li Huacheng, Pan Qingyun and Qian Tong |
August 28, 2012, Tuesday
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JIADING plans to train a large number of country doctors to meet the needs of the locals. The district has put forward the training model of "3+2," which means to send the country doctors to the medical colleges in downtown Shanghai for three years' education and then let them work as assistant doctors at the local hospitals for two years to get training.
The most unique feature of a country doctor is that he or she should go down to the every corner of the village to offer medical service for the local people.
Zhang Hongxiang is one of them, who has been working as a country doctor for over 30 years in Renmin Village and has visited every family in the village. Whenever there is a call for help, he will arrive, regardless whether it is on the weekend or a holiday. Although he's almost 60 years old, villagers call him "younger brother" out of habit as if he is still young.
Zhu Axing is one of his patients who has been paralyzed since 1998. Whenever Zhu calls, Zhang goes to his home to provide free service. "Without younger brother, I might not be alive today," Zhu said.
In the village there are altogether 128 old people suffering from high blood pressure and are unable to move freely, in addition to 62 disabled, 58 diabetic and 18 mentally ill patients. Zhang has a detailed medical file for each of his patients and visits them at least once a month.
Zhang Yingzi, 41, is another country doctor who lives in Jinghua Village of Nanxiang Town. She graduated from Jiading Sanitation School in 1989 and became a grass-roots doctor in the village. She keeps her mobile phone on 24 hours a day, because some of her patients would call her at midnight when there is something emergent.
Tong Wenli, 23, is one of the first batch country doctors cultivated by the district. Graduated from Shanghai Medicine College last year, Tong is now working at the Community Health Care Station of Jiading Town. One day Tong checked the blood pressure of an old man in his 80s and found his systolic pressure was as high as 190. Tong realized the situation was serious and arranged the old man to have a complete checkup. He was eventually diagnosed with brain thrombus and received timely treatment. "It's extremely busy working here, but I feel very happy," Tong said.
The most unique feature of a country doctor is that he or she should go down to the every corner of the village to offer medical service for the local people.
Zhang Hongxiang is one of them, who has been working as a country doctor for over 30 years in Renmin Village and has visited every family in the village. Whenever there is a call for help, he will arrive, regardless whether it is on the weekend or a holiday. Although he's almost 60 years old, villagers call him "younger brother" out of habit as if he is still young.
Zhu Axing is one of his patients who has been paralyzed since 1998. Whenever Zhu calls, Zhang goes to his home to provide free service. "Without younger brother, I might not be alive today," Zhu said.
In the village there are altogether 128 old people suffering from high blood pressure and are unable to move freely, in addition to 62 disabled, 58 diabetic and 18 mentally ill patients. Zhang has a detailed medical file for each of his patients and visits them at least once a month.
Zhang Yingzi, 41, is another country doctor who lives in Jinghua Village of Nanxiang Town. She graduated from Jiading Sanitation School in 1989 and became a grass-roots doctor in the village. She keeps her mobile phone on 24 hours a day, because some of her patients would call her at midnight when there is something emergent.
Tong Wenli, 23, is one of the first batch country doctors cultivated by the district. Graduated from Shanghai Medicine College last year, Tong is now working at the Community Health Care Station of Jiading Town. One day Tong checked the blood pressure of an old man in his 80s and found his systolic pressure was as high as 190. Tong realized the situation was serious and arranged the old man to have a complete checkup. He was eventually diagnosed with brain thrombus and received timely treatment. "It's extremely busy working here, but I feel very happy," Tong said.
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