Zhang Huixian visits a patient. [Xinhua]

A country doctor has received much praise from locals for devoting herself to medical care in Yanyin Village, Puer, southwest China's Yunnan Province, for the past 19 years.

Zhang Huixian, a member of Hani ethnic group, returned to her hometown to work as a countryside doctor after she graduated from a specialist secondary school in 1999.

Since then, Zhang has walked every corner of the village and got to know the health condition of villagers of each household like the palm of her hand.

Zhang would often goes to see her patients or brings them to the clinic immediately after picking up their phone calls.

Sometimes, when she encountered diseases beyond her expertise, she strove to get patients to attend a hospital in the city.

In recent years, Zhang has constantly learned new technologies and applied them to her practice, striving to improve her knowledge.

Zhang is deeply appreciated by the locals due to her outstanding medical skills and a sense of responsibility.

She said she will conscientiously do a good job in basic public health services and try her best to provide villagers with even better medical services in future.

Zhang (2nd L) receives a patient in her clinic. [Xinhua]

Zhang (M) chats with a villager on her way to see patients. [Xinhua]

Zhang (L) chats with elderly people on her way to see patients. [Xinhua]

Zhang prepares medicines in her clinic in Yanyin. [Xinhua]

(Source: Xinhua/Translated and edited by Women of China)

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