26 In hospitol.
1 Basic vocabulary
Translate the words in colour into your language:
1. Has he had dle results of his X-far? ......
2. He gave me an injection. . . . . . .
3. I needed four stitches. . . . . . .
4. I'll just put a bandage on it. . . . . . .
5. It won't leavemuch of a scar. . . . . . .
6. You'llneed an anaesthetic. .. . . . . .
7. They were a11sufferingfroni shock. ,.....
8. Wewere in the same ward. . . . . . .
9. The treatment willlast for a month. ......
2 Hospital departments
Matchthe departmentswith the ideasa-I below:
1. casualty 4. intensivecare
2. children's ward 5. maternity ward
3. operating theatre 6. outpatients' department
a. She's just had her first baby.
b. She cut her arm badly.
c. He's having his operation.
d. Our ten-year-old has a very high temperature.
e. I had to go for a check-up.
f. She's very il!. She needs constant attention.
Another name for the Casualty Department is
A and E (accident and emergency).
3 When you come aut of hospital
Matchthesedescriptions with the pictures:
1. His leg'sin plaster.
2. His arm's in a sling.
3. He's walking on crutches.
4. He needs a walking stick.
c. d.
4 In and around a hospital
Match these words with the pictures:
5. His ankle's bandaged up.
6. He had to have stitches.
7. He's in a wheelchair.
8. He can't walk without a zimmer.
e. h.
a.
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g.
ambulance nurse surgeon
paramedic patient stretcher
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5 Treatment
Use the correct form of the verbs below. Vouwill
needto use someof them morethan once.
put need do
have leave give
1. I'm going into hospital next month. I've got
to . . . . . . . . an operation on my koce.
2. I couldn't feel a thing. They . . . . . . . . me an
injection first.
3. lts quite a long operation so we'lI have to
. . . . . . . . you a general anaesthetic.
4. They'lI probably want to . . . . . . . . some
X-rays to sec if you've broken anything.
5.Your ankle's badly sprained, so I'm going to
abandageonit.
6. lts quite a dcer wound. I think its going to
stitches.
7. I'm a bit worried about having stitches. Do
you think it'lI . . . . . . . . a scar?
8. I injured my koce skiing a few months ago. I
was hoping that resting it would be enough,
blit it looks as if it might . . . . . . . . surgery.
6 An emergency
Complete the following newspaper raport with the
correct form of these verbs:
rush treat mJure fight
~ ,
Seriousincident ~
A zoo keeperwas very seriously.
. .. . . . ,,' . .today whenhe was >.
attacked by a tiger at Whitesnade
zoo in Yorkshire. Martin Kelly
was attacked as he fed the animal
in front of seveml visitors. He was
. . ',' ., .'. . . to hospital in York
where doctorso ~ .. .. ., . . ..'to
save his life. 1\\'0 elderly women
who witnessed thé whole attack
were . . ,. .. .. . .for shock.
Co back and underline the whole expressions.
7 Good and bad news
Look at the following sentences about people's
medícal condition and decide whether the news is
good (G) or bad (8):
i. lts nothing serious.
2. The victim is in a critical condition.
3. She'sin a stable condition.
4. We expect bim to a make a full recovery.
5. I'm afraid there's nothing more we caD do.
6. Her condition has deteriorated overnight.
7. She suffered only minor injuries.
8. She's in a coma.
If you are gravely ill, it is very serious.
8 Treat, cure or heal
Use the correct form of these words in the raport
below:
heal treatment treat eure
Doctors in America claim to have found a cure
for the common cold. A hundred people
suffering from the ustlal symptomswere
(1) ....... .for two dayswith a new drug at
their laboratory in California.
They found that after forty-eight hours, halí of
the patients had been completely (2) . . . . . .. .
They bore that the new (3) . . . . . . . . will be
on the market within the next three years.
Meanwhile, doctors in Switzerland have
announced that applying maggots to wounds
will help them to (4) .. ......more quickly.
The larvae speed up the process by eating the
bacteria in and around the wound.
Cure can be used both as a noun and as a verb:
They're trying to find a cure for cancer.
She was completely cured.
Is hospital treatment free in rour country? Are
there tang waiting lists to have operations?
Add your own words and expressions
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