Russian Lessons: Time Schedule
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follow In the queue, because you have the next number).
- And what number is with the doctor now? (you ask again - this time In order to find out how many people are still in front of you and, accordingly, how much longer you will need to languish here.) 206 - Number three just came in (you hear this and immediately make mental calculations, realizing that you have to wait your turn for at least an hour. So, make yourself as comfortable as you can and read a book). 15. Eventually, a nurse calls out your name, thus inviting you to come into the consulting room. You come in, say 'Hello' and sit down. The doctor looks through your medical history record. At the same time, the nurse takes your blood pressure and temperature, and checks your pulse. 16. Then the doctor asks you to tell what happened: when you started to feel unwell and all your symptoms. After that, she (the majority of general practitioners are women) says to you: - Please strip to the waist. 17. Then she takes her stethoscope and carefully listens to your heart and lungs, and you, of course, do exactly what you are told to do: (a) - Breathe or (b) - Don't breathe; (c) - Breathe in or (d) - Breathe out; (e) - Open your mouth, wider, a bit more! Say "a-a-a"! Good. Now let me see your tongue, please or (f) - Fine. You can close your mouth now; (g) - Please turn around 207 or (h.) - Please don't move. 18. On completion of the examination, the doctor asks you to get dressed, and while you are doing this she writes you a prescription. Then she explains how you should take the medicine prescribed. And after that she tells you: - You should come and see me again in two days. This is your new appointment card. I will keep your medical history record. But if you don't feel better, please ring and ask me to come and see you. 19. Then you go to the nearest pharmacy and buy your medicine (no, it wasn't a slip of the tongue: medical treatment is free, but you must pay for medicine). Some medications you will get immediately. But others have to be ordered and you must wait until they have been prepared. Preparation of medicines sometimes takes several hours. In that case it certainly doesn't make any sense to wait. It would better to go home and come back to the pharmacy later. 20. If during the examination in her consulting room, your doctor decides that you should see a specialist, she will give you a referral on the spot. After that, you just go downstairs (back to the Enquiries and Appointments office), take a new appointment card, and at the appointed time (today, tomorrow or, possibly, the day after tomorrow) come to see him. 21. Various specialists work in the same polyclinic (they are not allocated to different residential sections and do not make home visits - they carry out examinations only in the consulting rooms). Let's try to list some of these specialists: 208 (a) neuropathologist; (b) ophthalmologist (or in other words: eye specialist); (c) ear, nose, and throat specialist; (d) dermatologist (or in other words: skin specialist); (e) urologist; etc. 22. Any doctor working in the polyclinic (either a general practitioner or a specialist) can send you for a blood test, X-ray, electrocardiogram, or for physiotherapy. 23. As you can see, this system is quite thorough and convenient for outpatients - you can receive almost any kind of medical help in the same building. I said "almost" because, in addition to polyclinics, there are specialized clinics for dental treatment and also for the treatment of mental disorders and sexually transmitted diseases. 24. Another advantage of this system lies in the fact that doctors follow-up their patients until they have recovered completely from an illness (every three days doctors make home visits or see their patients in the consulting room). And only when a person is well again, will the doctor "close" the medical file on her patient, thus allowing him/her to return back to work. 25. And all this treatment (even treatment of your teeth) you have absolutely free. You will only need to pay for dentures. So, as Russians like to joke, "be sick until you get well!" |
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