A Village Doctor

A village doctor is a physician who gives medical treatment to the rural people. He is a popular figure in the village. He is familiar to almost every villager. He is not a qualified doctor. He is a quack He starts his career with the experience he had gathered by working with a doctor or in a dispensary. So, he has a lot of practical experience. He can deal well with the common diseases. He has a dispensary with an almirah, a chair, a table and one or two benches. He sits in the dispensary, examines the patients and gives medicines. He receives the cost of medicine. Then he goes out in the village to see his patients (†ivMx). Generally he uses a bi-cycle. In the absence of any qualified doctor, a village doctor renders useful services to the villagers. He is thus an important person to them.