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    Douglas Ciríaco is a doctor from Ouro Branco in Alagoas, Brazil, known for treating patients without asking for payment. Many of those he helps come from remote areas with little access to medical care. Instead of money, they thank him with simple gifts like fruit, vegetables, eggs, or baked goods.

    Douglas Ciríaco is a doctor from Ouro Branco in Alagoas, Brazil, known for treating patients without asking for payment. Many of those he helps come from remote areas with little access to medical care. Instead of money, they thank him with simple gifts like fruit, vegetables, eggs, or baked goods.

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    1. thegangplan on

      Douglas Ciríaco out here proving that compassion and community care never go out of style. That’s hometown hero energy.

    7. OkBookkeeper6854 on

      The first photo makes him look like he’s got no legs! I was thinking gee I hope his patients aren’t lack toes intolerant

    17. CuteCanary on

      Good looking ✅

      Doctor ✅

      Helps those in need without payment ✅

      Holding a chicken ✅

      Is he single?! Asking for everyone

    18. Mullins19 on

      Whatever he is doing is working! He went from a… small person, sorry if that is not the correct term. To a large person!

    20. 77Megg77 on

      That is a gentleman with a huge heart and I hope he has only the best things happening for him the rest of his life.

    27. tinyuniverseforyou on

      Rather than interesting… It is more like heroes we need than actors and sportspersons

    29. IntelligentGarbage92 on

      i see something like this and i have restored the faith in humankind. not often enough mind you, but still.

      in the 4th photo, what’s the green thing from the ceiling? some kind of bed(?) protection against insects?

    31. prince_peacock on

      Good on this guy, that he’s able to do this and

      My father grew up in a poor farming community in the fifties and sixties and that’s what the town doctor there did, too. It’s seen as a media trope for old country doctors to accept farm goods as payment but it’s really something that used to happen in the US.

      I bet there are a lot of doctors in poor communities now that would love to be able to accept barter for medical care but unfortunately our stupid system makes this impossible and since the people that would be able to barter still can’t pay they just get no medical care at all

    33. u23rn4me on

      He’s a doctor from the public healthcare system in Brazil (SUS), so of course he doesn’t ask for payment. Still awesome, though. He’s Instagram is @dr.douglasciriaco for those who want to see more pictures.

    34. iamChickeNugget on

      He’s amazing but let’s not act like this is a first. Missionary doctors exist all over the world. And this guy is one of those amazing people.

    35. nbandqueerren on

      I don’t care if it’s just a kid handing me one of those woven hotpads they made with the fabric loops (can’t remember what it’s called) , honestly, if I was given something instead of money, it would have more value instead of money to me. Especially in places like this. Because you know these people are giving you not just what they have, but something they put their hard work, heart and soul into.

      I think that’s what truly makes this man special, is that he clearly recognizes that. They aren’t giving him food. Its food that they’ve grown, picked, raised, even maybe scrimped and saved to buy. He knows that refusing that is worse than a slap in the face, on top of the fact they need medical care they’d ordinarily not be able to afford.

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