outpatient department
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutpatientanddepartment
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outpatient
noun[C]
uk/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/us/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/
a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofoutpatientanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Admission to the hospital is usually through theoutpatientdepartmentand precludes followup by the primary care physician.
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A specialist in anoutpatientdepartment(a paediatrician) was consulted three times (0.5 % of 646).
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All suspected cases of leptospirosis attending theoutpatientdepartmentof these hospitals during the study period were included.
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Only outpatient (physician and hospitaloutpatientdepartment) costs were used, since inpatient procedures were generally confounded with unrelated services.
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Eligible patients who provided consent were invited to attend anoutpatientdepartmentfor a baseline assessment.
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She was carefully followed up in theoutpatientdepartment, and adequate growth and normal development endued.
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The cataract explosion: the changing pattern of diagnoses of patients attending an ophthalmicoutpatientdepartment.
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Neurological disease, emotional disorder, and disability : they are related : a study of 300 consecutive new referrals to a neurologyoutpatientdepartment.
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Clinical progress was reviewed in theoutpatientdepartmentat 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, and then twice yearly.
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It has provided a number of clinics, a minor injuries unit, a satellite unit for renal dialysis and support facilities, including anoutpatientdepartment.
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As soon as another site has been settled by the hospital authorities, the detailed planning of the newoutpatientdepartmentwill he completed.
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Anoutpatientdepartmentand kitchen are to be built as the first of a number of development projects.
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There was therefore not much need for anoutpatientdepartment.
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The first phase of the development, the provision of the main part of theoutpatientdepartment, was brought into use as early as 1961.
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A case could happen concerning an individual attending theoutpatientdepartmentwith some kind of heart affliction.
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The addition to theoutpatientdepartmentis, of course, dependent upon those two, and further discussions are taking place in regard to other aspects of this work.
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Is he also aware that there is need for anoutpatientdepartmentin this hospital and that the local general practitioners are in favour of it?
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In addition, anoutpatientdepartmentwas included to provide medical care to ambulatory patients.
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The hospital houses anoutpatientdepartmentwith six consultation rooms for six post-graduate departments.
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