Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
La centrale téléphonique des patients
English translation:
patients\' (hospital) switchboard
French term
accuracy and rapidity
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
La centrale téléphonique des patients
Can anyone help me on this?
La centrale téléphonique des patients est le numéro de téléphone de référence
Is it just that the hospital's emergency department number is the same as the general number for patients?
| 4 +4 | patients' (hospital) switchboard |
B D Finch
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| 3 +1 | main hospital switchboard |
liz askew
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| 4 -1 | The patients telephone reception is... |
Drmanu49
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Proposed translations
patients' (hospital) switchboard
The patients telephone reception is...
www.apolloniagroup.com/.../ReceptionistJobDescription.htm - En cache
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B D Finch
: That is a misunderstanding of the job description, which is not the same as just a switchboard operator. Incorrect extrapolation from a job description to the question. The switchboard may be automated, though it may enable contact with "reception".
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No, it is not a switchboard operator, it is patient phone reception
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main hospital switchboard
We don't have a separate number of patients in general here in the UK, everybody contacts the main hospital switchboard in the first instance.
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-04-27 08:48:12 GMT)
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that should read
number for patients
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-27 08:48:49 GMT)
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then the patient asks to be put through to a hospital department/ward that all have "reception areas".
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Note added at 12 mins (2011-04-27 08:50:00 GMT)
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Inpatients - Patients and Visitors - Poole Hospital NHS Foundation ...
Some wards accommodate both male and female patients but we ensure you are ... or you can telephone the main Hospital switchboard and ask to be put through. ...
www.poole.nhs.uk › Patients And Visitors - Cached - Simila
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