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Hospital Visits and Prescription Medication

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ID: 1542 Upper Intermediate
How do you provide healthcare for a population of 1.4 billion? We don't know either, but this lesson takes a look at the more practical side of the issue: just getting a prescription filled. The Chinese process is a bit different from that of the west, so listen in to learn the Chinese way to get those meds.
Mon Nov 15 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
挂号 guàhào to register
头晕 tóuyūn to be dizzy
专家号 zhuānjiāhào expert registration number
普通门诊 pǔtōng ménzhěn general outpatient clinic
我觉得你这毛病啊，还得去大医院好好看看。
wǒ juéde nǐ zhè máobìng a ，hái děi qù dà yīyuàn hǎohāo kàn kan 。
I think with a sickness like this you need to go to a big hospital and really have it checked out.
我可不想去大医院。
wǒ kě bù xiǎng qù dà yīyuàn 。
I really don't want to go to a big hospital.
怎么了？
zěnmele ？
What's wrong?
挂号，看病，付费，拿药，跑得人头晕。
guàhào ，kànbìng ，fùfèi ，ná yào ，pǎo de rén tóuyūn 。
Take a number, see the doctor, pay the fee, get the medicine - you have to run around until you collapse.
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