Hospital

The state has established the wide network of the medical institutions. One of them is the regional hospital. It is multistory building with all modern conveniences. There are some departments in this hospital. One can see surgical, cardiological, pulmonological, gastroenterological and other departments.

There are many light and cozy wards in each department. In every ward one can see some beds, bed-side tables and chairs. Each department houses approximately 50 patients.

The work at the hospital begins early. First of all the nurses take the patients’ temperature and fulfill the doctor’s prescriptions. If it is necessary, they give intramuscular and intravenous injections, cup the patients, apply mustard plasters, make compresses, and give the prescribed medicines.

Every day the doctors make the morning round. They examine the patients, listen to the heart and lungs, palpate the abdominal parts, feel the pulse, and measure blood pressure. They make the diagnosis and prescribe proper treatment to every patient. I should like to note that our physicians and nurses pay much attention to the treatment of the patients.

A surgical department houses 65 staffed beds. There are large and small wards and a large, light operating theatre here.

In this department there are patients with surgical diseases, such as: appendicitis, hernia, gastric and duodenal ulcers, cholecystitis and others.

The most common operations are appendectomy, vagotomy, stomach resection, cholecystectomy and operations on the thorax and thoracic organs. The operations are performed under general or local anaesthesia. The anaesthetist gives the patient anaesthesia and when the patient falls asleep the surgeon begins to perform the operation. The assistant and surgical nurses help the surgeon during the operation. They give the necessary surgical instruments and control the patient’s condition.

After the operation special attention is paid to the postoperative condition of the patient. The surgeon prescribes a proper treatment and definite diet. Every day the surgeon makes the morning round, and examines the patients. The nurse takes the patient’s temperature, dresses the wounds, gives injections, and fulfills the doctor’s prescriptions.

The work in the surgical department is rather difficult but very important.

In the cardiological department one can see patients with heart diseases, such as: myocarditis, pericarditis, cardiosclerosis and others. The patients have heart troubles, breathlessness, weakness and other symptoms. The doctors and nurses pay much attention to these patients.

In the pulmonological department there are patients with lung diseases and disorders of the respiratory tract. They suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma and others. The patients complain of a bad cough, high temperature, and headache.

In the gastroenterological department you can find the patients with abdominal diseases. They have gastritis, colitis, ulcer and others. The patients feel pain in the stomach, weakness, and sometimes they have nausea and vomiting. The doctors use different methods of treatment of these patients and pay much attention to them.

Ex. 14. Translate the following words and word-combinations into English:

Зручності; палата; вміщати, розміщувати; хворіти, страждати; ставити діагноз; ставити банки; операційна; лікарняне ліжко; грижа; шлунковий; дуоденальний, такий, що стосується дванадцятипалої кишки; виразка; холецистит, запалення жовчного міхура; видалення жовчного міхура; перев'язка блукаючого нерва; лапаротомія, рана; біль у серці; слабкість; блювота; нудота; медсестра; внутрішньом'язовий; внутрішньовенний; ін'єкція; гірчичники; компрес; кров'яний тиск; апендектомія; апендицит; анестезія; міокардит; перикардит; пневмонія; бронхіт; астма; коліт.

Ex. 15. Make up the sentences using the data of the following tables:

In the

therapeutic   surgical   cardiological   pulmonological   gastroenterological

department

there are   one can see   one can find   you can see   you can find

patients with

the diseases of inner organs.   abdominal diseases.   surgical diseases.   heart diseases.   lung diseases.

This patient

has   complains of

a high temperature. a bad cough. a headache. a heart trouble. a breathlessness. a weakness. a vomiting. a nausea. a sore throat.

They   These patients

are ill with   suffer from   have

nephritis. appendicitis. hernia. gastric ulcer. duodenal ulcer. cholecystitis. myocarditis. pericarditis. cardiosclerosis. pneumonia. bronchitis. asthma. gastritis. colitis.

The doctor   The therapeutist   The surgeon   The anaesthetist

makes the morning round. examines the patients. listens to the heart. listens to the lungs. palpates the abdominal parts. feels the pulse. checks blood pressure. makes the diagnosis. prescribes the treatment. performs the operation. gives anaesthesia. pays much attention to the treatment of the patients.

The nurse   The surgeon's assistant   The surgical nurse

takes the patient’s temperature. fulfills the doctor’s prescriptions. gives intramuscular injections. gives intravenous injections. cups the patients. makes compresses. applies mustard plasters. gives the prescribed medicines. helps the surgeon during the operation. gives the necessary surgical instruments. controls the patient’s condition. dresses the wounds.

Ex. 16. Speak on the work of medical specialists in different departments.

Ex. 17. Put the verbs in brackets into correct tense-forms:

1. This hospital (to be) new and modern. 2. These hospitals (to be) multistory buildings. 3. It (to have) all modern conveniences. 4. This department (to house) sixty patients. 5. This patient (to suffer) from many diseases. 6. These patients (to suffer) from duodenal ulcer. 7. He (to be ill) with bronchitis last year. 8. These doctors (to listen) to the patient’s lungs. 9. Yesterday they (to perform) on very difficult operation. 10. Next week he (to advice) a new treatment of this disease. 11. The doctor (to fill) in case histories last week. 12. The nurse (to take) the patients’ temperature, (to fulfill) the doctor’s prescriptions, (to give) intramuscular and intravenous injections, and (to make) compresses. 13. He (to measure) her blood pressure, (to look) at the tonsils and (to feel) her pulse.

Ex. 18. Answer the questions:

1 What is the hospital? 2. What departments are there in the regional hospital? 3. How many staffed beds does each department house? 4. What can one see in every ward? 5. What do the doctors do every day? 6. What do the nurses do at the hospital? 7. What diseases do the patients of the surgical department have? 8. What diseases do the patients of the cardiological department have? What do they complain of? 9. What diseases do the patients of pulmonological department suffer from? What are the symptoms of these diseases? 10. What diseases do the patients of the gastroenterological department have?

Ex. 19. Translate the following sentences into English:

You may use the following phrases: He/She suffers from.... He/She has.... He/She is ill with....

1. Цей чоловік хворіє на пневмонію. Він скаржиться на сильний біль у грудях, кашель і загальну слабкість. 2. У цієї жінки міокардит. У неї болі в ділянці серця. Вона скаржиться на загальну слабкість і задишку. 3. Ці пацієнти страждають на виразку шлунку. Вони відчувають біль у шлунку, загальну слабкість. У них буває нудота або блювання. 4. У цього чоловіка часто буває нудота і він відчуває біль у шлунку після їжі. 5. У хірургічному відділенні можна бачити хворих, які мають різні хірургічні хвороби. 6. Цей хворий страждає на грижу. 7. Цей чоловік має виразку дванадцятипалої кишки, а той страждає на апендицит.

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