I have a barber and four assistants. We have medical supplies. The doctor seems to spend more time idle or tidying up than treating patients. Do the assistants make any difference? I have seen Church assistants doing work, but not while assigned to the doctor. Recommendations?
I am not sure about the latest version of the game. In recent versions the barber's assistants and also the barber themselves would, occasionally, heal people out in the village ... I'd get some notification that someone was healed from a grievous wound and when looking them up they'd be standing at the far end of the village green. But I am in no way certain that this has made it into the latest versions out. The devs just kept chopping and changing things all the time and I haven't really played since November - I was quite unhappy with 1.0d in the experimental branch and decided to dedicate myself to some Real Life (tm) pursuits instead.
