26   In hospital
1   Basic vocabulary
Translate the words in colour into your language:
1.  Has he had the results of his X-ray?   ......
2.  He gave me an injection.                     ......
3.  I needed four sritches.                         ......
4.  I'll just put a bandage on it.                ......
5.  It won't leave much of a scar.             ......
6.  You'll need an anaesthetic.                 ......
7.  They were all suffering from shock.......
8.  We were in the same ward.                 ......
9.  The treatment will last for a month.......
2   Hospital departments
Match the departments with the ideas a-f below:
1.  casualty                  4. intensive care
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 ill. She needs constant attention.
Another name for the Casualty Department is A and E (accident and emergency).
3  When you come out of hospital Match these descriptions with the pictures:
1.  His leg's in plaster.
2.  His arm's in a sting.
3.  He's walking on crutches.
4.  He needs a walking stick.
4  In and around a hospital
Match these words with the pictures
ambulance paramedic
nurse
patient
surgeon stretcher
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.
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5   Treatment
Use the correct form of the verbs below. You will need to use some of them more than once.
put                 need                     du
have               leave                    give
1.  I'm going into hospital next month. I've got to........an operation on my knee.
2.  I couldn't feel a thing. They........me an
injection first.
3.  It's quite a long operation so we'll have to ........you a general anaesthetic.
4.  They'll probably want to........some
X-rays to see if you've broken anything.
5.  Your ankle's badly sprained, so I'm going to ........a bandage on it.
6.  It's quite a deep wound. I think it's going to ........stitches.
7.  I'm a bit worried about having stitches. Do you think it'll........a scar?
8.  I injured my knee skiing a few months ago. I was hoping that resting it would be enough, but it looks as if it might........surgery.
6   An emergency
Complete the following newspaper report with the correct form of these verbs:
rush             treat            injure            fight
Serious incident
A zoo keeper was very seriously
..........today when he was
attacked by a tiger at Whitesnade zoo in Yorkshire. Martin Kelly was attacked as he fed the animal in front of several visitors. He was
..........to hospital in York
where doctors are..........to
save his life. Two elderly women who witnessed the whole attack were..........for shock.
Go back and underline the whole expressions.
7   Good and bad news
Look at the following sentences about people's medical condition and decide whether the news is good(G) or bad (B):
1.  It's nothing serious.
2.  The victim is in a critical condition.
3.  She's in a stable condition.
4.  We expect him to a make a full recovery.
5.  I'm afraid there's nothing more we can 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 report below:
heal         treatment        treat           cure
Doctors in America claim to have found a cure for the common cold. A hundred people suffering from the usual symptoms were
(1)........for two days with a new drug at
their laboratory in California.
They found that after forty-eight hours, half of
the patients had been completely (2)........
They hope 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 botb 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 your country? Are there long waiting lists to have operations?
Add your own words and expressions
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