Summary:
The district’s healthcare runs on the tireless work of these five doctors and 96 nurses. It means braving jittery walks on rickety bamboo bridges, crossing rivers on foot, long, sweaty trudges through jungles to handle hundreds of patients a day, and the occasional run-in with Maoists. “During monsoon, medical teams of two doctors and a nurse each treat over 10,000 patients. Moreover, the medicines supplied in government hospitals are very often of substandard quality, which have no desirable effects on patients. RAIPUR: Serving as a doctor in rural areas of Chhattisgarh isn’t for the faint-hearted..