jdhmnovel Chapter 250 Barefoot Doctor
Chapter 250 Barefoot Doctor
In the 1960s, medical conditions in rural areas were relatively primitive, and rural health centers were generally referred to as "village clinics."
It is usually a simple house with very limited medical equipment. The common equipment are the three old ones: stethoscope, blood pressure monitor and thermometer.
As for medicines, they are basically common cold medicines, antipyretics, etc.
At this time, a profession emerged - barefoot doctor.
Some of them are medical staff with certain medical knowledge and abilities who are appointed by village or grassroots governments.
The other part is folk doctors who have some family heritage, but not much. They may be self-taught through a few prescriptions or medical books, and then receive guidance from the local hospital and are awarded their medical qualification certificates.
Many of these doctors travel the streets, working on the farm during the busy farming season and practicing medicine during the slack farming season, in other words, they are both farmers and doctors.
They may not be able to cure any serious diseases, but if they encounter minor illnesses or disasters, the villagers will be accustomed to looking for them.
Just as Gu Mingwei said, the lives of rural people are cheap, and they are reluctant to treat serious illnesses, but will just make do with minor illnesses. Therefore, the status of barefoot doctors in each village at that time was second only to village cadres and they were highly respected.
Gujia Village did not have its own health center earlier. As soon as living conditions improved, Gu Mingyue went to the town to apply for one.
After all, if you have a cold, fever, or bruises and injuries, it would be very convenient to see a doctor at your doorstep.
Otherwise, according to the villagers' previous habits, even if they were cut by a sickle and bleeding profusely, they would usually just go home and grab a handful of wood ash. Only when the bleeding could not be stopped would they be sent to the town hospital, but by that time the best treatment period had long passed.
Gu Mingyue discovered this problem when the village was busy with the autumn harvest. She was afraid that her uncle and others would make the same mistake, so she always kept it in mind and went to the commune to talk to the leaders whenever she had time.
Fortunately, the effort was not in vain. Not long after, a notice was issued to arrange for Acorus calamus to come over.
Doctor Shi is just over thirty years old and has been helping his father since he was a child.
Their family developed by relying on ancestral prescriptions, and originally they only treated a few fixed diseases.
By the time of Shichangpu, he was very talented. He learned everything by himself by studying various medical books, and gradually he was able to understand more diseases.
During the period when the commune unified the planning of rural medical care, it was announced that doctors without qualifications must go to the town to study and take assessments, and only after passing the assessments could they continue to practice medicine.
Some people, who are older and don't like the hassle, either secretly see doctors in private or simply give up this profession.
Shichangpu really liked studying medicine. He signed up enthusiastically and listened carefully when he went to the hospital for internship. He was interested in all the parts about medicine that he had not been exposed to.
Unfortunately, the town hospital only teaches some common acupuncture, prescribing medicine and simple first aid. There is no time to teach more.
So, when he heard Gu Mingwei informing him to go and study, and that a great master in the field of traditional Chinese medicine was personally teaching him, he didn't care that the other party was a demoted personnel, and ran over very excitedly.
Many capable people will cherish what they have, and he knows and understands this. If he were in other people's shoes, he would not be willing to easily teach others what has been passed down from his ancestors.
It is because of this understanding that I cherish this opportunity even more.
Mei Xiuhai initially wanted to repay a favor, but when he felt Shichangpu's pure passion for medicine, he gradually changed his mindset and treated him as his own disciple, teaching him with all his heart.
When the Shi family found out, they felt deeply moved and took care of him secretly from time to time.
They know very well that they cannot get close to such capable people under normal circumstances. Now that the opportunity is right in front of them, it would be really stupid if they don't seize the opportunity to show their abilities.
By the time Gu Mingyue realized it, the only thing left between Shi Changpu and Mei Xiuhai was changing their titles to become disciples, and she was happy to see it happen.
At least in the next ten years, villagers won’t have to worry about seeing a doctor.
More importantly, with the mediation of the Shi family, the villagers will not be too hostile to these people who have been demoted, and everyone is happy.
Now, Liu Caixia has been waiting at the house with her people. When Gu Mingyue brought the educated youths, she expressed a warm welcome and carefully instructed these young people on how to make fire and cook, fetch water and collect firewood, and told them everything in detail.
Except for Qu Lingling who showed disdain, the rest of the nine people listened attentively.
Oh, there is also a Liu Gaiwa. You tell him to listen, but he stares at you with clear stupidity in his eyes. It is obvious that he doesn’t understand.
With pitiful eyes like a puppy and delicate skin, it was obvious that Liu Caixia and the people who came to help took special care of him.
Not only did she help him pack his luggage, she also never tired of reminding him to pay attention to this and that. The amazing thing was that even Qu Lingling, who loved to stir up trouble, did not act aggressively when she saw that everyone was surrounding Liu Gaiwa.
Gu Mingyue felt that beauty was justice, especially her cute appearance, which could easily inspire others' desire to protect her. This was the real charm that had nowhere to go!
Recalling Liu Gaiwa's information, his family was a red capitalist, and the address filled out by Wu Shengli and his sister was only one house number different. Noticing their concerned expressions, I guessed that the three of them should know each other.
It is estimated that they realized that the situation was not right, so they arranged for them to go together. This can explain why Liu Gaiwa is so quiet and good-looking, and his family is still willing to let him go to the countryside. You know, from ancient times to the present, good-looking boys are as dangerous as girls...
Gu Mingyue observed at this time that as soon as everyone settled down, the female educated youth had already split into two factions, and Wu Meiqi and Zeng Min automatically stood together.
And Qu Lingling was ready to throw everything onto Sun Xiaoyu.
As for the male educated youth, Sun Shugao had been frightened by Gu Mingyue before, and he subconsciously avoided her all the way.
A tall and strong boy was so scared that his eyes were slightly red. It was really... Oh, it gave me a headache.
As for Gao Shan, this kid's eyes were rolling around and he kept looking at Gu Mingyue from time to time. It was obvious that he was not holding back his fart.
He Linfeng looked anxious, and it was obvious that his mind was not here.
Seeing that none of them seemed to be worry-free, Gu Mingyue felt that she had been staying at home for too long and was used to leisure. So when new things suddenly appeared and disrupted her comfortable life, she was not able to adapt and could not help but feel irritated.
Forget it, let's take a step by step!
Then he said to them, "I'll give you two days to rest and adjust. There will be a bus to town every morning and noon. If you need anything, just go buy it. Food needs to be exchanged for work points. You can buy it on credit when you first arrive, and then use it to deduct the work points you earn in the future. In Gujia Village, as long as you work hard and don't cheat, I promise you won't go hungry. But I'll say this in advance. The village office will evaluate the educated youth individually every month, and those who don't perform well will be reported to the educated youth office in real time. If you lag behind others every time, we will have to investigate whether it was intentional or unintentional. If we find someone who is perfunctory, because your share of food belongs to the village, we can't condone it again and again. There will be only one result, and that is to ask her to leave!"
Wu Meiqi asked carefully, "Secretary, what kind of work do we need to do? Farming?"