hospital

hospital
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ community, district (esp. BrE), local
▪ NHS (in the UK), private, public, state
▪ day, long-stay (BrE)
▪ general
▪ children's, maternity, mental, psychiatric, etc.
▪ teaching, university
▪ field, military
VERB + HOSPITAL
▪ go into, go to
▪

He had to go to hospital for treatment. (BrE)

▪

He had to go to the hospital for treatment. (AmE)

▪ rush sb to, take sb to
▪

She was rushed to hospital. (BrE)

▪

She was rushed to the hospital. (AmE)

▪ admit sb to, readmit sb to
▪

He has been readmitted to hospital. (BrE)

▪

He has been readmitted to the hospital. (AmE)

▪ stay in
▪

How long will I have to stay in hospital? (BrE)

▪

How long will I have to stay in the hospital? (AmE)

▪ come out of, leave
▪

She came out of hospital this morning. (BrE)

▪

She came out of the hospital this morning. (AmE)

▪ discharge sb from
HOSPITAL + NOUN
▪ administrator, doctor, staff, worker
▪ inpatient, outpatient, patient
▪ care, services, treatment
▪ clinic, unit, ward
▪ bed, room
▪ admission, stay
▪ records
▪ system
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the hospital
▪

She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

▪ in (a/the) hospital
▪

He is in hospital recovering from surgery. (BrE)

▪

He is in the hospital recovering from surgery. (AmE)

▪

I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.

▪ to (a/the) hospital
▪

He was taken to hospital as a precaution. (BrE)

▪

He was taken to the hospital as a precaution. (AmE)

▪

We went to the hospital to visit my grandmother.

PHRASES
▪ admission to hospital (BrE), admission to the hospital (AmE)
▪ a stay in hospital (BrE), a stay in the hospital (AmE)

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