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20. Medical attention

Serveis mèdics

Medical attention

20.1 Asking for medical assistance 20.2 Going to the doctor's 20.3 Buying medicine 20.4 Insurance 20.5 Signs

al·lèrgic, al·lèrgica

be burnt (to), burn oneself (to)

pressió sanguínia

casualty department

metge, metgessa

elbow guard, elbow pad

feel dizzy (to)

ginecòleg, ginecòloga

have a bowel movement (to)

medicine (science)

infermer, infermera

nurse (specializing in giving injections)

office, surgery

ophthalmologist

oftalmòleg, oftalmòloga

aigua oxigenada

private hospital

psiquiatre, psiquiatra

psicòleg, psicòloga

sticking plaster

Asking for medical assistance

Demanar assistència

I need
- a doctor
- some medicine
- a chemist's

Necessito
- un metge
- un medicament
- una farmàcia

Please take me to the hospital

Porti'm a urgències, sisplau

Could you please call...?

I would like to go to
- the dentist's
- the gynaecologist's
- the psychiatrist's

Voldria anar al
- dentista
- ginecòleg
- psiquiatre

I want to make an appointment with the...

Vull demanar hora per al...

I would like to see
- an ophthalmologist
- an ENT specialist

Voldria que em visités
- un oftalmòleg
- un otorinolaringòleg

I have to have
- an analysis
- an X-ray

M'he de fer
- una anàlisi
- una radiografia

Can you advise me about a...?

Em pot aconsellar un...?

Where is Doctor X's office?

On és el consultori del doctor...?

Going to the doctor's

Anar a cal metge

I don't feel well

No em trobo bé

Em trobo malament

It hurts me here

Em fa mal aquí

I have
- earache
- toothache
My knee aches
My foot hurts

Em fa mal
- l'orella
- el queixal
- el genoll
- el peu

My... hurts me a little

Tinc una mica de dolor a...

My
- head
- neck
- stomach
- abdomen
- back
aches

Tinc
- mal de cap
- mal de coll
- mal d'estómac
- mal de ventre
- mal d'esquena

I have caught a cold

I have cut my...

M'he fet un tall a...

I received a blow to my...

M'he donat un cop a...

I've just got a speck in my eye

Se m'ha posat una brossa a l'ull

I have twisted
- my arm
- my foot
- my knee
- my leg

M'he torçat
- el braç
- el peu
- el genoll
- la cama

I am constipated
I can't sleep

No puc
- anar de ventre
- dormir

I can't see properly

I can't hear properly

No hi sento bé

Estic embarassada

I am allergic
- to sticking plaster
- to penicillin

Sóc al·lèrgic
- a l'esparadrap
- a la penicil·lina

I am
- diabetic
- diabetic

Sóc
- diabètic
- diabètica

Could you give me a prescription for
- this medicine?
- a medicine for...?

Em pot receptar
- aquest medicament?
- un medicament per a...?

Buying medicine

Comprar medicaments

Where's the chemist's?

On hi ha una farmàcia?

Are there any on duty chemists'?

Hi ha farmàcies de torn?

Where can I buy this medicine?

On puc comprar aquesta medecina?

Do I need a prescription to buy aspirins?

Necessito una recepta per comprar aspirines?

I would like
- alcohol
- cotton wool
- some band-aids
- some condoms
- a suntan cream

Voldria
- alcohol
- cotó fluix
- tiretes
- preservatius
- una crema solar

I need
- an ankle support
- a wristband
- a support girdle

Necessito
- una turmellera
- una canellera
- una faixa

Can I try
- the knee bandage
- the elbow guard
on?

Em puc emprovar
- la genollera?
- la colzera?

Do you have a remedy
- for toothaches?
- for hives?
- for diarrhoea?

Tenen algun remei per
- al mal de queixal?
- a la urticària?
- a la diarrea?

Do I have to pay for the medicines?

He de pagar els medicaments?

Where can I get my ears pierced?

On fan forats a les orelles?

Insurance

Assegurança

I have this insurance policy

Tinc aquesta assegurança

What does my policy cover?

Quina cobertura em dóna la meva pòlissa?

I don't have social security papers

No tinc la documentació de la Seguretat Social

I want to take out medical insurance

Vull subscriure una pòlissa mèdica

I would like medical insurance

Voldria una assegurança mèdica

Signs

Rètols

Farmàcia de torn

Casualty Department

Clinical Analysis

Anàlisis clíniques

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