If we caught cold, have a splitting headache, have a clogged nose,
cough, are running high temperature, we must go to the policlinic.
First we come to the registry. The registry clerk on a duty asks our
name, address, age and occupation .He writes out some slips because
several specialists will examine us. Some of them will listen to out
heart and lungs, some will check up our kidneys, liver, stomach,
eyesight, and hearing. The others will make our blood analysis, take
our blood pressure and x-ray us.
Our district doctor sees his
patients in consulting room 4. A nurse gives us a thermometer to take
our temperature. We must keep it under an armpit. Last time my
temperature was 37,9.The doctor asked what my trouble was. He offered
to sit down in a chair and to strip to the waist. He felt my pulse. It
was faint and accelerated. Then I lay on the examination couch and the
doctor palpated my abdomen. He asked me from what disease I suffered in
my childhood. I suffered from scarlet fever .Now I felt dizzy and was
damp with sweat. The doctor filled in my card and diagnosed the case as
the flu.
When he wrote out a prescription for some medicines:
pills, powder, drops, and mixture. He also advised me to take a scalding
footbath, to put a hot water bottle to my feet, to have hot tea with
raspberry jam. That would keep my fever down. The result of my x-ray
examination and blood analysis was normal. I had the prescription made
at the chemist's. I followed the prescribed treatment to avoid
complications. Every day I took a tablespoonful of mixture 3 times a
day and some pills. In two days I was better and in a week I recovered
from my illness. I began to take care of myself. Now I go in for sports
because sports make me strong, healthy and cheerful. Every day I do my
morning exercises and have a cold rubdown to prevent myself from
catching cold. There is a good proverb: An apple a day keeps doctor
away. That's why I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.
In case
of sudden and severe illness or an accident calls are made to the first
aid station. There the doctors are on duty all day long. There are
many ambulances there. The ambulances are equipped with everything
necessary to give the first aid. The patient is transported to
hospital. There he is taken to the reception ward first. After
questioning and examination the doctor fills in the patient's case
history. Then a patient is given special clothes and is put to some ward
for treatment. The doctors make their daily round there. They examine
patients and prescribe different medicines and treatments.
When a
patient is completely cured, he is discharged from the hospital. There
are different departments in the hospital. They are: a surgical
department, therapy, and the department of infectious diseases.