Village doctor Zhang Shangbao walks on a path with his medical kit in Tietou Village of Shilou County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Good health is a prerequisite for promoting all-round development of people. For China, medical and healthcare is of vital importance to its population of over 1.4 billion, and is a major issue concerning its people's well-being.
Village doctors, safeguarding the health of rural residents, are playing a key role in the healthcare of China's vast rural areas. They travel door to door to answer patients' calls, especially for those who live in hard-to-reach hamlets. They are considered health guardians in towns and villages, offering emergency response and medical support.
China attaches increasing importance to rural medical services. The three-tier healthcare system at village, township and county levels has been improved.
Efforts have been made to establish standard clinics and allocate qualified doctors in vast rural areas across the country. Medical treatment conditions and environments have greatly improved.
Village doctor Wang Yuanping measures blood pressure of a villager in Sanzhuang Township of Rizhao City, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Village doctor Zhao Jianbai performs an oral check in Ren'ai Village of Xialei Township in Daxin County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Village doctors Zheng Lingling (L) and Tang Genfa ride motorbikes for a home visit in Zhexi Village of Jingxian County, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 24, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Village doctor Yang Jiafu pays a home visit in Tingxia Village of Shangmei Township in Wuyishan City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Village doctor Zhang Zhongwu chooses medicine for a home visit at his clinic in Yangchang Village of Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 16, 2021. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Village doctor Sun Yi registers the health data of villagers at a medical center in Qianyang Village of Donggang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Cai Xiangxin)
Village doctor Zhu Lianmei checks body temperature of a returning villager in Shazhou Yao Village of Rucheng County, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
Village doctor Zhong Shuxin prescribes medicine for a villager at his clinic in Shuangmu Village of Yifeng County in Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Village doctors walk for a home visit in Qingxian County of Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Min)
Village doctor Wang Yongxin weighs Chinese medicinal herbs at his clinic in Jueshitou Village of Wenxian County in Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Village doctors pay a home visit to a villager in Lucaogou Township of Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Sadat)
Village doctors pay a home visit to a villager in Bulenggou Village of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Duo Lei)
Village doctor Zhang Qiong arranges protective gear for her husband, also a doctor, in Zhushan Township of Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. (Photo by Song Wen/Xinhua)
Village doctors Fei Yunfeng (R) and Yan Hongfang, a couple, impart the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control methods to a villager in Qianyuan Township of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 10, 2020. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)
Village doctor Wen Shangbang pays a home visit to a household under closed-off management in Huangjiazhai Township of Xining City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)■
