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Hospital is an institution that provides medical services for a community. The doctors, nurses, and other personnel of a hospital work to restore health to sick and injured people. They also try to prevent disease and maintain health in the community. Some hospitals serve as centers for medical education and research. Every year, about 15 per cent of the people of the United States spend some time as hospital patients. Millions of others visit hospitals as outpatients. They receive treatment… More »
Emergency room is a hospital department that provides immediate care when any delay of treatment... More >>
Intensive care unit is a section of a hospital in which highly skilled health-care workers... More >>
Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the world's largest medical centers. Staff... More >>
Menninger, MEHN ihng uhr, Clinic, a nonprofit organization in Houston, is one of the world's... More >>
Sanitarium, san uh TAIR ee um, is a place where people go to improve their health. The word is... More >>
Trauma, TRAW muh, center is an area of a hospital provided with special staff and equipment to... More >>
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