The emergency department
Doctors in the emergency (or casually) department of a general hospital treat accident and emergency cases that come in during all hours of the day and night. They diagnose and treat almost every type of disease that entering patients may have.
Very sick patients who require treatment in hospital are admitted into a bed. Other patients may need some special treatment from a clinic in the outpatient department.
The outpatient department
The outpatient department is often arranged according to the specialties of medicine, with clinics for heart disease, surgical conditions, and other illnesses, as well as for prenatal, baby, and child care. In these clinics, patients can secure the valuable services they possibly could not afford from private practitioners.
It is important to realize that there is no stigma attached to using a hospital clinic. The diagnostic techniques required in some illnesses have become so technical, and the treatment so specialized and extensive, that hardly any but a very well-to-do person can be expected to assume the entire cost of a lengthy medical examination.
The social work department
Social workers in a hospital help patients to solve their personal problems, such as home conflicts that interfere with recovery; worries regarding convalescent care and treatment; and the fear of being unable to secure a job after discharge from the hospital. Medical social workers are concerned also with restoring the patient to a functional place in the community after he leaves the hospital.
*136\68\2*
Random Posts
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.