Polyclinic

There is a wide network of medical institutions in Ukraine which protect the health of our people. One of such medical institutions is a polyclinic.

If a person falls ill, but his condition isn't very poor and he has no high temperature, he will go directly to the district polyclinic and a physician will examine him there.

There are a lot of specialists working at the polyclinic: therapeutists, neurologists, dermatologists, urologists, ophthalmologists, ENT-doctors, traumatologists, endocrinologists, surgeons, etc. Besides, polyclinics have their own laboratories, X-ray, physiotherapeutic, surgical and other departments. There are specialized polyclinics for the adults and children.

During the medical examination, a physician usually asks the patient what he complains of and according to the complaints carries out the medical examination. The physician listens to the patient's heart and lungs and measures his blood pressure and if it is necessary, he will ask the patient to take the temperature. The laboratory findings which include blood analysis, the analysis of urine (urinalysis) and other tests help the physician to make a correct diagnosis and administer a proper treatment.

If the condition of a person is very poor, he will ring up his district polyclinic and call in a district doctor.

The work of district doctors is very intensive. In addition to their consulting hours at the polyclinic they go out to the calls daily to examine those patients who are seriously ill and whose condition is bad. Such sick persons receive a sick-leave. They usually follow a bed regimen. District doctors are especially busy during seasonal epidemies such as flu.

Any physician of the polyclinic knows his patients very well because he treats only a definite number of patients. There is a personal patient’s card of every patient at the district polyclinic which is filled in by his physician. There are all the details about the patient in his card: the diagnosis of the disease, the administrations made by the doctor, the course of the disease, the changes in the patient's condition after the treatment.

If it is necessary a nurse will come to the patient's house to give him the administered injections or carry out any of the doctor's administrations.

Exercise 7. Answer the questions:

1. What medical institution is aimed at the protection of people’s health?

2. What will a person do in case of illness?

3. What specialists work at the polyclinic?

4. What departments are there at a polyclinic?

5. What does a doctor base his examination on?

6. What does a doctor do during the medical examination?

7. What helps the physician to make a correct diagnosis?

8. Where is information about the patient’s condition written down?

Exercise 8. Find the equivalents of the following word-combinations in the text:

захищати здоров’я людей, не мати високої температури, оглядати пацієнта, міряти кров’яний тиск, міряти температуру, поставити правильний діагноз, призначити відповідне лікування, отримати лікарняний лист, дотримуватися постільного режиму, робити призначений укол, широка мережа медичних закладів, під час огляду, за необхідністю, лабораторні дослідження, перебіг захворювання.

Exercise 9. Join the word with its definition:

1. a therapeutist 2. a urologist 3. a traumatologist 4. ENT-doctor 5. endocrinologist 6. surgeon 7. psychiatrist 8. dentist

a) a doctor who deals with wounds, injuries, dislocations b) a specialist who treats the diseases of glands c) a person who performs operations d) a doctor who treats urinary tract diseases e) a specialist in mental disorders f) a doctor who knows different methods of treatment of infectious and viral diseases by using various medicines g) a technician who knows how to treat and repair teeth h) a specialist who deals with diseases of ears, nose, throat

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Exercise 10. a) Learn the given expressions. Pay attention to the use of prepositions:

according to	згідно з
in addition to	в додаток до
to be ill with	захворіти на
to call in a doctor	викликати лікаря
to carry on	проводити
to complain of	скаржитися на
to fill in the patient’s card	заповнювати картку пацієнта
to go out to the calls	ходити на виклики
to listen to the heart and lungs	прослуховувати серце та легені
to ring up the polyclinic	подзвонити у поліклініку

b) Supply the necessary prepositions:

1. Listening … classical music helps to relax.

2. … night patient Davis complained … chest pain.

3. He is … a sick-leave now, because he is ill … pneumonia.

4. The nurse usually fills ... the patient's cards … the morning.

5. Medical students study ethics and philosophy in addition … basic science.

6. Patients with high temperature ring … the polyclinic and call … a doctor.

7. Pavlov carried ... many experiments to determine the nature of conditioned reflexes.

8. You should take these pills twice … a day according … the doctor’s administrations.

Exercise 11. a) Join the parts from two columns so as to make sentences. Then translate them into Ukrainian:

Model: If he falls ill, he will go to the doctor.

Якщо він захворіє, він піде до лікаря.

If he falls ill loses his diagnosis sees her wound receives his cardiogram is given an injection	he will not get medical help recover soon go to the doctor lose his consciousness be disturbed
If they need help want to be healthy clean their teeth take remedies go to a chemist’s	they will have no caries visit a clinic go in for sport buy drugs recover sooner

b) Make up your own continuation of sentences using Present instead of Future Tense:

1. He will be operated on, if … .

2. After she has taken these pills, she … .

3. When …, they will buy new equipment for the hospital.

4. Unless his condition improves, … .

5. You will not have any problems as long as … .

6. As soon as the doctor starts consultations, … .

7. Could you give this patient an injection while … ?

8. …, rub in that ointment.

Exercise 12. Re-write the given text below opening the brackets. Pay attention to the pronunciation of numerals:

The working day of any specialist at the polyclinic (to begin) at 9 o’clock in the morning. But, as a rule, they all (to come) to work at 8:45 a.m. so as to get ready for the reception of their patients. The work of a district doctor at the polyclinic (to last) for 3 hours during which he (to examine) about 10 and sometimes even 15 patients. In the afternoon he (to make) his daily round of visits to the district: if a patient (to be) seriously ill, his district doctor (to examine) him at home. As for other specialists working at the polyclinic their working day (to differ) from the one of a district doctor. They (to work) for 5 hours a day, i.e. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As a rule, it (to take) them 15 to 20 minutes to examine one patient. Thus, a specialist (to receive) about 20 patients a day. So, the working day of any specialist at the polyclinic (to be) quite intense.

Exercise 13. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. Polyclinics serve to protect people’s health.

2. Such sick persons receive a sick-leave.

3. There is a wide network of medical institutions in Ukraine.

4. If he has a lot of of time, he will finish his experiment in time.

5. If the patient is relaxed, it’s easy to carry on this procedure.

6. Nurses carry out any of the doctor's administrations.

7. District doctors are especially busy during seasonal epidemies such as flu.

8. Polyclinics have their own laboratories, X-ray, surgical and other departments.

Exercise 14. Translate the sentences into English:

1. Минулої зими ми двічі хворіли на грип.

2. В нашому місті є поліклініки для дітей та для дорослих.

3. Якщо у дитини буде висока температура, то я викличу районного лікаря з поліклініки.

4. Завтра він отримає результати аналізу крові, і тоді лікар поставить йому діагноз.

5. Коли ти отримуєш лікарняний лист, ти маєш дотримуватися постільного режиму.

6. Згідно призначенням лікаря медична сестра буде робити тобі уколи три рази на тиждень.

7. Робота районного лікаря у поліклініці триває три години, потім він йде на виклики.

8. Вчора лікар повністю обстежив мене: він послухав серце та легені, поміряв тиск та температуру.

Exercise 15. Arrange the following sentences in order to describe the profession of a district doctor:

1. A district doctor is a specialist working at the polyclinic with a definite number of patients.

2. Then he leaves for the seriously ill patients who cannot come to the polyclinic and gives them sick-leaves.

3. The work of district doctors is very intensive, especially during seasonal epidemies such as flu.

4. The work of a district doctor at the polyclinic lasts for 3 hours during which he receives about 10-15 patients.

5. His work consists of two parts: examinations at the polyclinic and visits to patients at home.

Exercise 16. Describe the notion “polyclinic” using the following table.

1. The type of establishment.
2. The services provided.
3. Its structural units.
4. The specialists working at it.
5. When we need it.