Family doctor service expands in Chongqing

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Updated: 2018-01-05

A team of family doctors from the Shuijiang central health center in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality are on their way to a local town to conduct diagnoses and treatment on Jan 4. At present, nearly 700 medical staff from 188 teams in Nanchuan district provide medical services for local residents. [Photo/Xinhua]

A family doctor measures a villager’s blood pressure on Jan 4 in the Laodong community of Shuijiang town in Chongqing municipality. The trial operation of family doctors in Nanchuan district started in 2015 and now covers around 250,000 local residents. [Photo/Xinhua]

Local residents learn about the family doctor teams at the Shuijiang central health center. Around 45 percent of residents in Nanchuan district now have access to the family doctor service. [Photo/Xinhua]

A medical staff from the Shuijiang central health center checks the health records of local residents who have signed treatment contracts with the center. The family doctor system pays special attention to poor families, patients with chronic diseases, the elderly, pregnant women and children. [Photo/Xinhua]

Liu Guangli, a villager in Shuijiang town of Chongqing municipality, shows his service agreement after signing a treatment contract with the Shuijiang central health center. The family doctor system focuses on basic medical care, public health and health management. [Photo/Xinhua]