hospital

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1 different kinds of hospital
2 parts of a hospital
3 people in a hospital
4 going into hospital
5 treatment in hospital
see also DOCTOR, ILLNESS, MEDICINE

1 different kinds of hospital
- a place where ill or injured people are looked after: hospital
My sister works in a local hospital. ◎ a private hospital ◎ an NHS (= National Health Service) hospital ◎ I've got to go into hospital.
- a small hospital or a part of a larger hospital where you go for special treatment: clinic
He's being treated in a private clinic. ◎ the family planning clinic
- a hospital where women have babies: maternity hospital
- a hospital for people with illnesses of the mind: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital
- a small private hospital, especially for old people: nursing home
- a special hospital where people who are dying are cared for: hospice
Note: there is no the before hospital when you are talking about a person going there or being there because they are ill.
He's very ill in hospital.; the is used before hospital when you are talking about going there as a visitor or when you talk about sb who works in a hospital:
'Is Mary home yet?' 'No. In fact I'm going to the hospital this afternoon to see her.' ◎ My brother works at/in the hospital.

2 parts of a hospital
- a separate part or room in a hospital: ward
the children's ward ◎ Where's Ward 7, please?
- the part of a hospital where people who have been injured in accidents are taken for immediate treatment: casualty (department), accident and emergency (department) (abbreviation A and E)
The casualty department is always very busy on Saturday nights. ◎ He was taken to casualty after the accident.
- the place where operations are done: (operating) theatre
- the place where patients who are very seriously ill or injured receive special care: intensive care (noun U)
He was in intensive care for five days after the accident.
- the place where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or burned: mortuary, morgue

3 people in a hospital
- a person who is receiving medical treatment: patient
Has the patient been examined by a doctor?
- a person who goes to see a doctor in a hospital but does not stay overnight: out-patient
the out-patients' department
- a doctor with special or deep knowledge of a particular area of medicine: specialist
My doctor says I need to see a specialist. ◎ a heart specialist (= a specialist in illnesses of the heart)
- a senior specialist doctor in a hospital: consultant
a consultant gynaecologist
- a doctor who performs medical operations: surgeon
- a person who looks after sick or injured people: nurse
- the work done by nurses: nursing (noun U)
a career in nursing
- a female nurse who is in charge of a ward in a hospital: sister

4 going into hospital
- when you have to be treated in hospital and spend more than a day there, you go* into hospital
She's going into hospital for an operation.
- a special vehicle for taking ill or injured people to and from hospital: ambulance
I called an ambulance to take her to hospital.
- to take sb into hospital as a patient: admit sb, (informal) have sb in
He was admitted at 11.30. ◎ The doctor told me they would have to have me in for a few days to try to find out what was wrong.
- to spend more than one day in hospital: stay
She stayed in hospital for six weeks.
- to allow sb to leave hospital and go home: discharge sb
I'm hoping to be discharged tomorrow.

5 treatment in hospital
- what is done to make sb get better: treatment (noun C/U)
a new treatment for lung cancer ◎ free treatment on the NHS
- to give medical treatment to sb who is ill: look after sb
- to make sb healthy again: cure sb (of sth)
The treatment cured her of cancer.
- a kind of photograph that shows the bones and organs of a person or animal: X-ray; to take this kind of photograph: X-ray sb/sth, take* an X-ray (of sb/sth)
We're going to X-ray your hand to check that no bones are broken.
- the place where X-rays are done: X-ray department
- medical treatment in which your body is cut open so that part of it can be removed or repaired: operation, surgery (noun U); verb: operate (on sb/sth)
The operation on his knee was a success. ◎ She needed immediate surgery. ◎ He was operated on for cancer.
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