June 24, 1964
Part of a Conversation about Healthcare from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Foreign Guests
接见外宾关于保健的一段谈话
（一九六四年六月二十四日）
中国保健工作是学苏联的。我不能完全听保健医生的话。我同我的医生有一个君子协定，我发烧时请你，我不发烧时不找你，你也不找我。我说，我一年不找他，算他的功劳大，如果每个月都找他，这就证明他的工作没有做好。我对医生的话只听一半，要他一半听我。完全听医生的话病就多了，活不了。以前没有听说有那么多的高血压、肝炎，现在很多。可能是医生给找出来的，一个人如果不动动，只是吃得好，穿得好，住得好，出门坐车不走路，就会多生病。衣食住行受太好的照顾，是高级干部生病的四个原因。我们的保健工作学了苏联的，把专门医生变成不专门的，不多看各种各样的病，不好，要改进。
Mao notes that people are developing more diseases due to a lack of exercise and acknowledges the need for more specialized healthcare in China.
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