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556 5555 – www.aksvietnam.net – News of AKS Vietnam  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.
2.
 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?
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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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 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