Chapter 967: The Son Returns

Joseph reminisced about the barefoot doctor system from later generations and continued:

"These quasi-doctors usually farm, and when someone in the village gets sick, they go to their home to treat them.

"Quasi-doctors are managed uniformly by the government. The government subsidizes the quasi-doctors with 8 francs each month, and the village tops it up with 5 francs. I think many people would be willing to take this job."

In the French countryside, making an extra 13 francs a month is absolutely tempting. After all, an adult male farmer only earns about 20 or more francs a month.

"As for medical equipment and medicines, they are distributed by the government at regular intervals, and the quasi-doctors are only responsible for storage."