SPOILER -- no one cares about the blind girl?

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2004)

Up front: I enjoyed the movie. I write stories myself (though not yet published) and have spent a long time thinking about how to create and develop characters and plots. Obviously, MNS works backward in his stories, making them feel like Twilight Zone episodes, which is fine with me. I enjoy unusual plot twists.
However, even though I understand why a blind character was necessary and why she was sent into the woods, I would NEVER think that an adult would actually send a blind girl into the woods to do their dirty work. Especially since they know she's going to have to climb a fence and might come into trouble along the way. It looks like MNS tried to avoid that problem by sending escorts with her, but that doesn't work either. The escorts would never let the blind girl go into the "towns" alone.
Also, Pheonix's character was stabbed a number of times in places that are not easily fixed. No doctor would say, "If only we had some Neosporin and a couple of bandaids we could fix him up." He needed more than antibiotics for that stomach wound; and what about the chest wounds? That was unbelievable. Why wouldn't the Village people just bring basic medical supplies with them? Sure, leave society, but don't leave the necessities?
Just a couple of the plot problems I saw. But I'm no expert.