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SECTION 1 – SEEING THE DOCTOR
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What is the purpose of a hospital?
A hospital is an institution in which sick or injured person are given medical
or surgical treatment.
What are the two main parts of a hospital?
They are the outpatient department and the impatient department.
What are the clinical departments in providing medical services?
They are Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics and so
on.
Which medical department is the best known in a hospital?
The medical department that is the best known is probably surgery.
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Are there any additional supporting units in the hospital?
Yes, there are paramedical units, such as pharmacy, laboratory, blood bank,
renal dialysis section, CT room and magnetic resonance imaging section.
What are the functions of radiological and imaging techniques?
With the assistance of radiological and imaging techniques, bones and inner
organs of the body are photographed.
Do the paramedical units have modern equipment?
Are advances in medical science related to the medical service of a hospital?
Of course. Advances in medical science have greatly increased the quality of
medical care available to hospital patients.
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3.
The doctors forms the core of the medical force in a hospital. They are at
four levels: chief physicians, associate chief physicians, attending (visiting)
physicians and residents.
Doctors could not provide effective medical care to their patients without the
help of nurses and technicians.
As a rule, there are more nurses than doctors in a hospital
Are there many different kinds of hospital?
Yes, in addition to the general (or comprehensive) hospitals, there are
various kinds of specialized hospitals.
What is a teaching hospital?
It’s a hospital affiliated to a medical university or college for the purpose of
teaching.
Medical students go there for clinical practice before graduation.
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4.
May I help you?
Do you understand Chinese?
Is this your first visit to our hospital?
Registration for initial visits is at the counter over there.
Registration for subsequent visits is at counter No.2
Information about inpatients is at counter No.3
This is the line for new patients.
Fill it in and bring it back to me.
In that case, you’d better go to the Medical Department.
You’ll see it (the Medical Department sign) pasted to the right.
The sooner you see the doctor, the better.
5.
Can I help you?
Which department do you want to see?
Can you read and write English?
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When did you problem start?
When did your first symptom appear?
Well, I suggest you go for internal medicine. Please wait in the waiting
room till you are called.
Please point to the part of your body where you feel pain or discomfort.
Please show your Health Card.
Do you have a help insurance?
If you are not covered be an insurance, you will have to pay for the medical
bill.
6.
Which department do you want to visit?
Put your medical card in the box at the reception desk.
Today the department of ophthalmology is closed.
Surgery is open till noon every day.
Please observe the clinical hours.
Please come with me, I will show you the way to radiology.
I will take you there.
What is your problem?
What is wrong with you?
When did your problem start?
How long have you been sick?
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What do you find the most uncomfortable ( What bothers you the most) ?
Is your pain bearable?
Can you tolerate this pain?
You will be the third to be seen.
Please wait for a moment.
Please be seated until your name is called.
When did you come to China?
What was your profession in your country?
What are you doing in China?
Thank you. Please wait for a while.
Please come to room No.5 when your name is called.
8.
Have you a registration card?
Are you a medical or surgical case?
Do you have your history sheet?
Which department do you want to register with?
I want to see a surgeon.
I think you should see a dermatologist first.
Please don’t lose your registration.
This is your registration card.
Bring it whenever you come.
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Can you tell me how to get to the Consulting Room?
Go down this road until you come to the drugstore, and make a left turn, and
it’s just there.
9.
What’s the trouble, Mr.Smith?
I have a bad cough and chest aches.
Have you got a fever?
Yes, thirty-eight point seven degrees centigrade.
I see. Open your mouth and say “Aaah”… now open your shirt and let me
examine you chest.
Breath in.. . Breath out. That’ll do
You’ve got bronchitis. Are you allergic to penicillin?
I have a terrinle toothache.
Which tooth is it?
The toothache prevented me form falling asleep last night.
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Do you suffer pain with cold or heat?
I feel tired all the time. I’m hungry after I eat a lot. I can’t concentrate on
any studies.
You must have plenty of iodine. Here’s the prescription. You can have it
filled at a pharmacy.
When did the pain start?
How did the pain progress?