Program gives easy access to family doctors

SHENZHEN: About half of the households in this southern city will enjoy easy access to family doctors by 2015 after the full implementation of a new healthcare system.

As a part of the new medical reform, which aims to provide quality and inexpensive medical services, Shenzhen Health Bureau officials decided to launch a trial operation of a family doctor system in September.

"The new system would provide consistent and reachable healthcare service to the families, which could be an important way to change the current working model of doctors and improve the relationship between the doctors and patients," according to a document from the bureau.