A VILLAGE DOCTOR

The man who gives medical treatment to the village people is known as a village doctor. The village doctor is a man of great importance in society. He is well known to the villagers. He renders great service to the villagers when they fall ill. He is not well-qualified. He does not have a good schooling. He gathers experience by working under a qualified doctor or in a medicine shop. His dispensary offers a poor show with one or two worn out almirahs, old wooden chair, a broken table and one or two benches. The village doctor leads very hard and busy life. He gets up early in the morning. He begins to attend the patients present at his dispensary just at 8.00 am and finishes at late hours of night. Though he sometimes worsens the disease of a patient, he is the most trusted person to the villagers. He shares their best friend of the villagers because they find him whenever they call him. He shares their weal and woe. He consoles them with words of hope. He treats his patients with sympathy.