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20. Medical attention

Medical attention

20.1 Asking for medical assistance 20.2 Going to the doctor's 20.3 Buying medicine 20.4 Insurance 20.5 Signs

be burnt (to), burn oneself (to)

casualty department

elbow guard, elbow pad

feel dizzy (to)

have a bowel movement (to)

medicine (science)

nurse (specializing in giving injections)

office, surgery

ophthalmologist

private hospital

sticking plaster

Asking for medical assistance

I need
- a doctor
- some medicine
- a chemist's

Please take me to the hospital

Could you please call...?

I would like to go to
- the dentist's
- the gynaecologist's
- the psychiatrist's

I want to make an appointment with the...

I would like to see
- an ophthalmologist
- an ENT specialist

I have to have
- an analysis
- an X-ray

Can you advise me about a...?

Where is Doctor X's office?

Going to the doctor's

I don't feel well

It hurts me here

I have
- earache
- toothache
My knee aches
My foot hurts

My... hurts me a little

My
- head
- neck
- stomach
- abdomen
- back
aches

I have caught a cold

I have cut my...

I received a blow to my...

I've just got a speck in my eye

I have twisted
- my arm
- my foot
- my knee
- my leg

I am constipated
I can't sleep

I can't see properly

I can't hear properly

I am allergic
- to sticking plaster
- to penicillin

I am
- diabetic
- diabetic

Could you give me a prescription for
- this medicine?
- a medicine for...?

Buying medicine

Where's the chemist's?

Are there any on duty chemists'?

Where can I buy this medicine?

Do I need a prescription to buy aspirins?

I would like
- alcohol
- cotton wool
- some band-aids
- some condoms
- a suntan cream

I need
- an ankle support
- a wristband
- a support girdle

Can I try
- the knee bandage
- the elbow guard
on?

Do you have a remedy
- for toothaches?
- for hives?
- for diarrhoea?

Do I have to pay for the medicines?

Where can I get my ears pierced?

Insurance

I have this insurance policy

What does my policy cover?

I don't have social security papers

I want to take out medical insurance

I would like medical insurance

Signs

Casualty Department

Clinical Analysis

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