At the Doctors THE HOSPITAL
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This autumn I suddenly fell ill. My temperature was high and I felt bad, I sneezed and had a sore throat. Besides, I complained of a splitting headache and had a bad cough and pain in my limbs. My mother called in our district doctor. In a few hours the doctor came to the call. When the doctor came, she asked me about my complaints. Then she asked me to strip to the waist. She examined me, listen to my heart and lungs, felt my pulse and took my temperature. My temperature was 38oC. The doctor diagnosed the grippe and told me to stay in bed /to keep my bed/ for some days. Then she wrote out a prescription for some drugs (pills, powders, drops, mixtures, etc.) Besides, the doctor prescribed cups and mustard plasters, as well as a hot water bottle to the feet. She told me to drink hot tea with raspberry jam to keep fever down. Next the doctor wrote out a slip for X-ray and blood examination. The prescription was made up at the chemist's. I followed the prescribed treatment, took the medicine three times a day and was cupped. In a week I felt much better. I went to the polyclinic for a check-up. There I was X-rayed and had my blood tested. I was on a sick-leave for ten days and recovered without any complications.
Вопросы к тексту (с готовыми ответами)
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1. When do you call in a doctor?
I call in a doctor when I am ill.
2. What doctor do we send for?
As rule we send for a district doctor from the local polyclinic.
3. In what way does the doctor examine the sick man?
The doctor listens to the patient’s heart and lungs, measures his blood pressure, feels the pulse and takes his temperature.
4. How often do you take your temperature when you are ill?
When I’ll ill I usually take my temperature three times a day.
5. What is the temperature of a soundman?
The temperature of a sound man is 36.6.
6. What does the doctor do after examining the sick man?
After examining the sick man the doctor makes an initial diagnosis and writes out some slips for different tests and some prescriptions for different drugs.
7. What prescription does the doctor write out?
The doctor writes out some prescription for different drugs (pills, powders, drops, mixtures and so on).
8. Where do we have prescription made up?
We have prescription made up at the chemist’s.
9. What slips does the doctor write out?
The doctor writes out some slips for different tests: blood analysis, urinalysis, x-ray examination, cardiography and others.
10. Where do we go for a check-up?
We go to the local policlinic for a check-up.
THE HOSPITAL
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The hospital service is rendered in general, special and teaching hospitals. A general hospital deals with a great variety of diseases and injuries. It usually consists of several departments or units. Here are some main ones: therapeutic, surgical, gynecological and cardiological. Besides these inpatient departments each hospital has an outpatient department (OPB).
The disorders of some particular system are taken care of in special hospitals such as eye disease or ophthalmology hospital, tuberculosis (TBC) hospital infectious diseases hospital, mental hospital, oncological hospital etc.
A teaching hospital provides specialized and sophisticated health care, undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental training, and research facilities in its numerous clinics.
Thorough examination of the patients and their treatment - therapeutic and surgical - are conducted in a number of specially designer rooms, electrocardiography (SCG) rooms, ultrasound examination rooms, operating rooms or theatres, dressing rooms. X-ray department, physical therapy department, echocardiography laboratory and many others.
A hospital is headed by the chief physician. The medical staff of the hospital comprises physicians, surgeons and interns. The main doctor or the physician in charge takes care of his patients. He makes rounds of his wards, prescribes treatment and writes his orders in the patient's case histories. The physician on duty is responsible for all the patients of the department.
The nursing staff comprises sisters, matrons, theatre nurses and nurses. Usually the nurses do shift work. When a nurse is on an early shift she goes duty in the morning and times off duty in the afternoon. When a nurse is on a late shift she starts her work in the afternoon and finishes it late at night. The nurses carry out the doctors' instructions - they take temperature, give drugs or medicines, make subcutaneous (intramuscular, intravenous) injections (shot) and carry out a lot of other procedures. The working day of a nurse is a busy one.
The laboratory assistants or technicians take blood samples and throat smears; make blood counts, urinalyses and other laboratory tests.
People are admitted to the hospital either as arranged occasions or emergency admissions. A patient who goes into hospital as an arranged admission has previously attended his local polyclinic and has been recommended hospitalization. Some people go into hospital as a result of accidents or sudden illness These patients are called emergency admissions. They are usually taken to the casualty and emergency department by ambulance.
After a course of treatment when the patient has completely recovered he is discharged from the hospital.
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1. What institutions render the medical serve?
The medical service is rendered in general, special and teaching hospitals and in the polyclinics.
2. What are the main department of a general hospital do you know?
The main departments of a general hospital are therapeutic, surgical, gynecological, cardiological.
3. What types of special hospitals do you know?
I know ophthalmology hospital, tuberculosis hospital, infection diseases hospital, mental hospital, oncological hospital and so on.
4. Whom does the medical staff of the hospital comprise?
The medical staff of the hospital comprises physicians, surgeons and interns.
5. Who is at the head of the hospital?
The chief physician is.
6. What are the duties of a physician-in-charge?
A physician-in-charge takes care of his patients. He makes rounds of his wards, prescribes treatment and writes down his orders in the patient’s histories.
7. Whom does the nursing staff of the hospital comprise?
The nursing staff of the hospital comprises sisters, matrons, theater nurses and nurses.
8. What are the duties of a nurse?
A nurse carries out the doctor’s instructions: she takes temperature, gives drugs and medicines, makes different injections and carries out a lot of other procedures.
9. What are the duties of a laboratory assistant?
A laboratory assistant takes blood samples and throat smears, makes blood counts, urinalyses and others laboratory tests.
10. What are the most common laboratory tests?
The most common laboratory tests are blood analysis, urinalysis, analysis of gastric juice, analysis of sputum, analysis of bronchial asperate, and others.