Hospital

Common expressions

• be (seriously) ill in hospital

• go into hospital for (an operation)

• be in hospital with (pneumonia)

• come out of hospital

• be treated in hospital

• be taken to hospital by ambulance

• keep (you) in hospital (overnight)

• the doctors and nurses at the hospital

Exercise

Common expressions

1. I'm going into hospital next week for a small operation on my knee.

2. I went to A and E (Accident and Emergency) with pains in my chest, and they kept me in hospital overnight for tests.

3. Many of the people injured in the rail crash were treated at local hospitals.

4. My father's just come out of hospital. He'll need extra care at home for a few weeks until he's fit enough to look after himself again.

5. Our family want to thank all the doctors and nurses at / in the hospital.

6. During the holiday, I spent three days in hospital for / with food poisoning.

7. He was rushed to hospital by / in ambulance.

8. My mother is seriously ill at / in hospital at the moment.

Notes

1. Note this expression:

   The injured climber was airlifted to hospital. (taken by helicopter)

2. Another word for the Accident and Emergency department of a hospital is Casualty.

   I ended up in Casualty after falling off my motorbike.