A Village Doctor

# Copy 1: 200–220 Words

## A village doctor helps village people.

A village doctor is a familiar person in a village. He gives treatment to sick people. Most village people know him well. He is very important in village life.

## He has a small chamber.

A village doctor usually has a small chamber in the village market or near his house. There are some chairs, a table, medicines, and medical tools in his chamber. Patients come to him for treatment.

## He treats common diseases.

A village doctor treats fever, cough, cold, stomach pain, and small cuts. He gives medicine and advice. Sometimes he visits patients at their homes. He also helps people at night in sudden illness.

## He is useful to poor people.

Many poor people cannot go to a big hospital quickly. They first go to the village doctor. He takes small fees. Sometimes he treats poor patients without money.

## He has some limits.

A village doctor is not always a highly trained doctor. So he cannot treat serious diseases. In serious cases, he should send patients to a hospital or a trained specialist.

## We should respect his service.

A village doctor works for the health of village people. He is close to the people in times of illness. So we should respect his good service and follow his useful advice.

# Copy 2: 250–280 Words

## A village doctor is a helpful person.

A village doctor is an important person in village life. He treats sick people in the village. He may not be a big doctor, but he is very useful to common people. Villagers go to him when they become ill.

## He works in a small chamber.

A village doctor usually sits in a small chamber. It may be in the village market or near his home. There are a table, a chair, some medicines, and simple medical tools in his chamber. Patients wait there for treatment.

## He treats simple illnesses.

A village doctor treats common diseases. He treats fever, cough, cold, headache, stomach pain, and small wounds. He gives medicine and tells patients what to eat and what to avoid. He also gives first aid in small accidents.

## He visits patients at home.

Sometimes sick people cannot come to his chamber. Then the village doctor goes to their houses. He goes by bicycle, motorbike, or on foot. He often works at night if someone becomes seriously ill.

## He helps poor villagers.

A village doctor is very useful to poor people. Many villagers cannot go to the town hospital quickly. They cannot pay much money. So they first take help from the village doctor. Sometimes he takes very little money from poor patients.

## He should know his limits.

A village doctor cannot treat all diseases. Serious patients need hospital care. So a good village doctor sends serious patients to a big hospital. In this way, he can save lives. For his useful service, village people respect him.

# Copy 3: 320–350 Words

## A village doctor serves village people.

A village doctor is a well-known person in a village. He gives treatment to sick people. In many villages, people first go to him when they are ill. He may not be a famous doctor, but he is very useful to village people.

## His chamber is small but busy.

A village doctor usually has a small chamber in the village market or near his house. There are a table, some chairs, medicines, cotton, bandage, and simple medical tools in his chamber. Many patients come to him every day. Some come in the morning, and some come in the evening.

## He treats common diseases.

A village doctor treats simple and common diseases. He treats fever, cough, cold, headache, stomach pain, and small wounds. He gives medicine and simple advice. He tells patients to drink safe water, eat clean food, and take rest. A proverb says, “Health is wealth.” A village doctor helps people protect this wealth.

## He goes to patients’ houses.

Sometimes a patient cannot walk to the chamber. Then the village doctor visits the patient at home. He may go by bicycle, motorbike, or on foot. He often goes out at night if there is an urgent call. This makes him very close to village people.

## He is helpful to poor people.

Poor villagers cannot always go to a town hospital. They have little money and little time. So they depend on the village doctor first. He takes small fees. Sometimes he treats very poor patients without money. In this way, he gives useful service to society.

## He has some limits too.

A village doctor cannot treat all kinds of diseases. He is not always highly trained. Serious diseases need trained doctors and hospitals. So a good village doctor should understand his limits. He should send serious patients to hospital quickly.

## We should value his good work.

A village doctor is a friend of village people in times of illness. He gives quick help, simple treatment, and useful advice. His work is very important in rural life. So we should respect a good village doctor and value his service.

A Village Doctor

A village doctor is a familiar figure in the villages of Bangladesh. He is generally known as a quack. He is able to treat the common diseases of the villagers. So, he is a very important person to the village people.

A village doctor is not much qualified. He has no M.B.B.S. or such other degree. He simply works as a compounder of an M. B. B. S. doctor. In this way he gathers general knowledge about common diseases and their treatment. He can push injections, stitch wounds and bandage broken hands, legs or fingers.

After gathering some experiences about the treatment of the patients, a village doctor opens a dispensary in the village market or bazar. His dispensary is small and looks poor. There is one or two almirah with a small stock of medicine. He has a chair and a table for his own use and a bench for the patients. He has no compounder to help him.

A village doctor spends a very busy day. He opens his dispensary in the morning. Patients come to him from nearby villages. He listens to them, checks them up and prescribes medicine. If the medicine is in his stock, he gives it to them. Finishing his work in the dispensary, he goes out to attend calls. He often uses bicycle to go to his patient’s house. He returns home past mid-day and has his meals. Then he takes rest for some time. In the afternoon he again opens his dispensary and gives treatment to his patients. He closes his dispensary late at night. 

A village doctor is a very popular person in the villages. He treats most of the diseases of the villagers. But he takes very small fees from the patients. If the patient is very poor, he does not take any fees at all. Rather he gives him/her medicine free of cost. Besides, he is always ready to attend any call. If the condition of the patient becomes critical, he even goes to treat him/her even at mid-night. Moreover, he makes the villagers aware of health, sanitation etc. 

A village doctor is a very useful person to the villagers. He is a friend, advisor and guide to them. He takes care of the health of the village people. So, steps should be taken to give proper training to him.