The Nearest Doctor Is a Neighbor: What Darjeeling's Frontline Health Workers Offer America's Widening Rural Care Gap
Across the Darjeeling hills, trained local caregivers deliver primary care, maternal support, and chronic disease follow-up in places that have never had a resident physician. As American rural hospitals close and primary-care deserts spread, this modest model deserves a closer look — including a practical checklist for communities weighing something similar.