Barefoot doctor
(in china) a layperson trained to provide a number of basic health-care services, especially in rural areas.
noun
(esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, -ssists at childbirth, etc
barefoot doctor bare·foot doctor (bâr’fut’)
n.
a lay health care worker, especially in rural china, trained in such activities as first aid, childbirth -ssistance, the dispensing of drugs, and preventive medicine.
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