Li, 27, is a village doctor in Datang Village, congjiang county, Guizhou. Three years ago, after graduating from health school, Li married a Miao youth in Datang village, became a village health worker, and opened a clinic in his own home.
Datang Village is a Miao village with only one village health worker, and more than 2,500 Miao villagers live in extreme poverty. People have been short of doctors and medicines. There was no doctor in the village before, so I got sick. In addition to suffering, they ask ghosts to exorcise evil spirits, or treat themselves with' indigenous methods'. Nobody knows why they died. Now, people are used to going to Li for injections and medicine when they are sick, and they have basic medical insurance. Strictly speaking, Li can't call a doctor, but a' hygienist' because she has no staff and doesn't enjoy the salary and other benefits of the state. Due to the harsh working environment, most rural health workers in China change careers or go out to work. Li also encountered the same problem. The villagers came to see the doctor and had no money to pay for the medicine, so they had to charge. At the beginning of 2004, Li, who had been running the clinic at a loss, decided to close the clinic and go to Guangdong to work with her husband. When they were about to go out, the villagers who heard the news just arrived. The villagers took out crumpled one yuan and two yuan and handed them to Li: "Dr. Li, what shall we do if you leave?" This is what we repay you. If it is not enough, we will sell the rice at home tomorrow and make up for it. " Li didn't leave. This is the only time that Li wants to give up since he became a country doctor in this hard place.
As the commentary said:
-she is a doctor, although she has never had a chance to put on a white coat, and even added the word barefoot in front of the doctor; She is a doctor, but unlike many doctors, she doesn't worry about her own food and clothing. She may earn more than 600 yuan a month, but she needs more than 900 yuan to buy medicine and related things, with a deficit of more than 300 yuan and more and more debts. As a doctor, patients naturally need her, but her patients seem to need her more than other doctors. What kind of doctor should this be?