保健员是人民公社生产队不脱产的基层卫生人员,他们不但人数多、分布广和联系群众密切,而且一般熟悉农民生活环境及农业生产状况,这就为他们及时治疗群众疾病、协助医疗,提供了方便条件。实践证明,他们已成为专业医务人员在防治疾病中的助手,是农村卫生战线上不可缺少的一支巨大的力量。 Health workers are the basic health workers whose production teams of the people’s communes are not laid off. They not only have a large number, are widely distributed and are closely linked to the masses, but they are generally familiar with the living environment and agricultural production conditions of farmers. This provides them with prompt treatment for diseases and medical assistance. Convenient conditions. Practice has proved that they have become the assistants of professional medical personnel in disease prevention and control, and are an indispensable force on the rural health front.