district hospital
Local medical facility
A district hospital is a medical facility serving a defined geographic region, typically providing general inpatient and outpatient care but lacking the specialized services of larger teaching or tertiary hospitals.
Common in public health systems, district hospitals function as referral points for local clinics: The patient was transferred to the district hospital for surgery.
- regionalRelating to an area
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- wardProtected person; division
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- bed capacityAvailable sleeping spots
intensive care · nurses · medical staff · night shift · doctors · outpatient · emergency · emergency room · rural · referral · maternity · surgery · operating theatre · ambulance · patients · medical · healthcare · public health
- hospitalsER, emergency room, ICU, operating room, operating rooms
- NHS healthcareclinic, pharmacy, A&E, health centre, urgent care
district hospitalprivate clinic
Non-governmental medical facility
private hospital · mission hospital · charity hospital · private practice
district hospitalteaching hospital
Facility combining care and education
university hospital · cancer center · children's hospital · dispensary · research hospital
district hospitalcommunity health center
Subsidized local medical facility
dispensary · first aid station · mobile clinic · field hospital
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