Since 2017, 55-year-old Li Ruiying has been the only doctor at the clinic in Erdaohe Village in northern suburban Beijing, where she has been stationed since 1999. The clinic is like a beacon for villagers with Li ready to provide medication and treatment at any time.
Erdaohe is in Taishitun Town, Miyun District. According to Li, a native of Miyun, the village is home to around 300 residents, many of whom are seniors. Unlike doctors in hospitals who hone their craft in specific disciplines, Li treats villagers who come in with all sorts of minor ailments.
In the previous two years, the clinic usually received about a dozen people per day, Li said. Recently, she
