Kirov Regional Teaching Hospital
Kirov Regional Teaching Hospital (to found) 230 years ago. It (to ad mit) all types of medical and surgical cases. The hospital (to concern trate) on patients with acute illness. This 1000-bed hospital to have) an organized medical staff, a professional nursing staff, and diagnostic equipment. It (to equip) with up-to-date diagnostic and treatment facilities. It also (to include) a pharmacy, several laboratories, X-ray and physical therapy departments, operating rooms, recovery rooms, an outpatient de partment, and an emergency department. There (to be) dental services, a department
of
renal dialysis, equipment for inhalation therapy, and three
intensive-care units, a volunteer-
services department, and,
possibly, a home-care program. Over 1000 patients (to treat)
at
any given time. Patients (to refer) to
the hospi
tal
from 39 districts of Kirov region. The complexity
of the hospital (to reflect) the
advances made after World War II, including the use of antibiotics, a
vast
new array of laboratory procedures, new surgical techniques, new
materials and equipment for radiation therapy, and an increased
emphasis on physical therapy and rehabilitation. The legally
constituted governing officer of the hospital is Chief Physician. He
(to have) full
responsibility
for the conduct and efficient management of the hospital. The Chief
Physician (to establish) policy,
(to appoint) a
medical staff
and department administrators. He (to exercise) control
over ex
penditures
and (to have) the
responsibility for maintaining professional standards.
The Chief Physician (to be)_ the
chief executive officer of the hospital and (to be) responsible
to the Health Department of Kirov Region. For many years, Associate
Professor
Vladimir Biteev (to run) the
hospital. Each department of the hospital (to control) by
a department head. Last week several department
chiefs (to have)
to retire. They (to substitute) by
the younger doctors. The largest division in the hospital (to be)
nursing.
It (to follow) by
the dietary department and house keeping.
Other departments that are important to the functioning of the
hospital (to include) laundry,
engineering, stores, purchasing, accounting, pharmacy, physical
therapy, social service, pathology, X-ray, and medical records. The
medical staff (to organize) into
such departments as surgery, medicine, pulmonology,
gastroenterology, neurology, nephrology, cardiology, ophthalmology,
cardiosurgery, and
gynecology. Up-to-date technologies (to use)
in
cardiosurgery, neurosurgery,
opthalmology and gynecology departments. The chiefs of the
medical-staff de
partments
(to make up)
the
medical advisory board. It (to hold) weekly
meetings on medical-administrative matters and clinical
practice. The professional work of the individual staff members (to
review)
by
medical-staff committees. The committees (to report) to
the medical advisory board. For many years, the hospitals (to have)
_a
formal role as a teaching institution. Kirov Regional Teaching
Hospital (
to
affiliate) _ with
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at Kirov
State Medical Academy. It (to provide) up-to-date
and often specialized
therapeutic measures and facilities unavailable elsewhere in Kirov
region. The hospital (to house)
KSMA's
departments of internal medicine, neurology, surgery,
and otorhinolaryngology. All the departments of the Futher
professional Development Faculty
(to locate) in
the hospital. Over 100 internship and residency doctors
(to instruct) by
the most experienced clinical supervisors. For over 10
years the hospital (to develop) contacts
with leading health institutions
of the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries. The most
experience physicians
and surgeons (to invite) to
participate in long-term training courses
abroad. They (to supervise) often by
recognized foreign clinicians and surgeons.