Wang Qiujiao is on her way for a home visit in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
NANNING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Wang Qiujiao, 74 years old and a member of the Communist Party of China, has been a village doctor in Zhumei Village for 48 years.
Zhumei Village, located in remote mountainous area, was formerly isolated from the outside world due to the poor transportation. Doctors in the village then were scarce and people had to walk to the adjacent city to see a doctor. Most villagers chose not to see a doctor until their disease became severe.
Knowing well the predicament of local villagers, Wang returned to her hometown as a village doctor after graduation in 1973. She often walked to see the patients while carrying her medical box, sometimes taking more than one hour on the way.
Wang Qiujiao is on her way to work in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao plays with a baby while paying a home visit in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (L) measures the height of a child while paying a home visit in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (R) measures head circumference for a baby while paying a home visit in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
In 2015, she became a signed family doctor for local villagers. Besides regular work, she does physical examination regularly for the elderly and sets up health data for villagers.
Wang Qiujiao prepares before conducting cupping therapy in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao conducts cupping therapy for a villager in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (R) measures blood pressure for a villager at the medical center in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (R) conducts fauces checking for a villager in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (R) conducts physical examination for a villager while paying a home visit in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao writes working journal at the medical center in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Nowadays, her son works as a village doctor too, willing to safeguard the health of local villagers together with his mother.
Wang Qiujiao (R) and her son check the health data of villagers in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao (L) introduces the usage of a medicine for a parent in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Wang Qiujiao arranges medicines on a shelf at the medical center in Zhumei Village, Hezhou City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)■
