3. MODERN MEDICAL FACILITIES
Read the text and answer the questions below.
The modern hospital is a complex institution providing treatment to the sick and injured.
There are different types of them. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital,
which deals with a wide range of diseases and injuries. General hospitals include various
wards, such as surgical, gynecological, obstetric, pediatric, medical, dermatological,
ophthalmic, geriatric, psychiatric, orthopedic, etc. Some hospitals provide a particular
type of medical service, for example maternity hospitals are concerned with pregnancy
and childbirth, children s hospitals deal with children s diseases, geriatric hospitals deal
with old people s diseases, psychiatric hospitals are concerned with mental disorders. Such
hospitals are called specialist hospitals. There are also teaching hospitals connected to
universities, where patients can see highly-skilled specialists familiar with the latest
scientific and technical developments. These hospitals are involved in research and
provide training for medical students and postgraduates.
Each modern hospital has number of departments and rooms designed for special purposes.
Here are examples of some of them:
·ð The Emergency Department is where people who have had an accident and have
been injured are taken.
·ð The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) provides intensive
care to seriously ill patients.
·ð The Out-Patient Department is where patients are treated by specialists without
staying in hospital.
·ð The Dispensary is the store-room for all the drugs used in the hospital and the
place where they are issued to patients or medical staff.
·ð The Wards are rooms where in-patients live while they are in hospital.
·ð The Operating Theatre or the Operating Room is where operations are performed.
·ð The Recovery Room is where patients recover from an operation.
·ð The Pathology Laboratory (Path Lab) is where blood and urine tests are made.
·ð The Blood Bank is the place where blood needed for transfusions is stored.
EXERCISE 1 Which hospital or ward should the following people be taken to?
1. Mrs Brown is pregnant with her first child. She is due to give birth at any moment.
2. Mr Black has got hepatitis.
3. Mrs Turner, who is 78 years old, has got pneumonia.
4. Mrs Johnson has got depression.
5. Mr Green is going to have a cataract operation.
6. This boy fell and injured his leg.
7. Mr Bowell has had a lung operation and is still in a serious condition.
EXERCISE 2 Match the people in A to the place you find them in B and the job they
do in C. The first one has been done for you.
B
A) on the wards B) in an ambulance C) in the pharmacy
D) in an operating theatre E) in the waiting room F) on the maternity ward
G) at the scene of an accident H) in casualty I) in hospital corridors
C
1) They perform operations. 2) They are senior nurses, in charge of a ward.
3) They are ill in hospital. 4) They push patients on stretchers from the ward to the
operating theatre. 5) They provide emergency aid. 6) They keep the patient unconscious
during an operation. 7) They help mothers have babies. 8) They are senior doctors who
specialize in one particular area.
A B C
Porter on the wards or in hospital they push patients on stretchers
corridors from the ward to the operating
theatre
Paramedic
Surgeon
Anesthetist
Nurse
Consultant
Sister
Patient
Outpatient
Midwife
Chemist
EXERCISE 3 Match each quote with a job.
Quote Job
1  Can you read the bottom line of letters? A lab technician
2  Today I delivered two sets of twins! B physiotherapist
3  Clamp & suction & forceps & needle. C radiologist
4  Bend your knee ten times and then rest. D porter
5  Open wide. E receptionist
6  I m examining a culture of organisms extracted from a patient. F optician
7  This machine will give us a picture of your lungs. G dentist
8  I m arranging an appointment now. H surgeon
9  We re going to move you on this stretcher. I midwife
10  Move your feet, please  I need to disinfect the floor. J cleaner
LISTENING (lower level) You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For
questions 1-8, choose the best answer A, B or C.
1 You hear two people talking at a party. What is the man s job?
A a florist
B a market gardener
C a landscape gardener
2 Listen to two women talking on the phone. One is a designer and has just started
working from home. What does the designer think is the drawback of working from
home?
A She feels lonely.
B She works longer hours.
C She feels unhealthy.
3 Listen to two interviewers discussing a candidate for a job. What did they like most
about her?
A her character
B her skills and qualifications
C her previous experience
4 Listen to a woman talking about leaving her job. Why did she give it up?
A She felt she was not appreciated.
B She didn t enjoy her duties.
C She become depressed.
5 Listen to a department manager in a big company talking to the Personnel Manager
about a problem with one of her staff. What is the problem?
A He is often late.
B His work is careless.
C He seems to resent her.
6 Listen to a man and a woman talking about the man s new job. What does he like
best about it?
A the travel
B the increased responsibility
C the working hours
7 Listen to a woman talking about her job. What is she?
A a construction worker
B a designer
C a civil engineer
8 Listen to a businessman talking on the radio about how he started his company. What
gave him the opportunity to start his own business?
A He inherited money.
B He invented a successful new range of products.
C He was very self-confident.
SPEAKING
1 Would you prefer to have an easy routine job or a job in which you made a lot of
decisions?
2 Do people usually work for one company for a long time in your country or is it common
for people to change jobs every few years?
3 In your opinion, which jobs are most prestigious? Why?
4 Do you see any unfair labour practices in your country?
5 What are the pros and cons of being a manager?
6 Are there any jobs which can only be done by one gender? If so, what are they?
7 Name three occupations that you could do.
8 Name three occupations that you could never do.
9 Is being a housewife a job? Should women get paid for this?
10 Does everyone have equal job opportunities in your country?