EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY

LESSON 23

Many people have a horror of hospitals, and connot bear the idea of having to go into one; but, for certain diseases, the treatment can only be given properly in a hospital, or nursing-home, because of the appliances, etc.

For operations, especially, a hospital is necessary, as it would be very difficult to operate on a person for appendicitis or tonsilitis at home, owing to the lacy of space, appliances, light etc.
Certain infections disseases are treated in special hospitals, or in isolation wards, so as to prevent the infection from spreding.
The accident ward deals with all casualties, such as; broken arms or legs, fractures, burns, wounds, and street accidents.
A hospital is certainly not an agreeable place, it is a sad place; but hospitals are necessary, especially in large cities; where crimes, accidents, and epidemies are very frequent.
Nowadays, the hospitals are fitted with the most modern appliances; and weak children are often sent there, when they need special treatment.

01) Do all people like hospitals?

02) Do they like the idea of having to go into one?

03) Why are hospitals necessary for operations?

04) Where are infectious diseases treated?

05) Why are the patients isolated?

06) What does the accident ward deal with?

07) Is a hospital an agreeable place?

08) Where are hospitals especially necessary?

09) Why?

10) Are the hospitals well fitted up nowadays?

11) What are weak children sent to hospital for?

01) Are there many hospitals in Rio?

02) Have you ever visited one?

03) Did you have a good impression?

04) What are nursing-homes?

05) If you had to undergo an operation which nursing-home would you choose?

06) Where are street accidents usually treated?

07) Where is the "Hospital do Prompto Cosorro" situated?

08) Are there special hospitals for mental cases?

09) How are people taken to a hospital or nursing-home?

10) Has an ambulance free transit in the streets?

11) Have you ever visited a children's hospital?

12) Should hospitals be in noisy streets, or quiet ones?

13) Have you a hospital near your house?

14) Is there need for more hospitals here?