Situation · Doctor & hospital
Safe Spanish at the doctor and hospital
Seven short chapters: choose where to go, request a consultation, explain symptoms, understand tests and instructions, and ask next steps. Spanish practice only, not medical advice.
7 chapters · about 84 min of practice
The route
7 chapters, in order
From the first step to the last, in the order you will live them.
A fondo: extra questions you can open after finishing the chapter.
Where you start
You arrive at the clinicLearn to explain your situation and understand the staff, without self-diagnosing.
Where you arrive
Clear, safer medical conversationsYou can ask, explain symptoms with placeholders, and understand the next step.
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Field notes
What this situation tells you about Bolivia
Its chapters hold 35 field notes. Here are 3 of them.
Since medical records aren't always shared between facilities, foreign patients especially benefit from carrying their own carpeta with prior notes or results, since local staff can't look up a history that lives elsewhere.
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At many Bolivian clinics, arriving right when the doors open gives you a much better shot at a same-day turno than arriving at midday, because the day's tickets can run out. Asking '¿hay turno para hoy?' still makes sense even later, since some places hold a few back.
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In many Bolivian health centers, 'since when' is often one of the first questions asked at the front desk, before you even see a doctor, having a short answer ready speeds up that first moment.
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Words for this situation
The Bolivian words its chapters use, each with its meaning and how it is really used.
- ficha: appointment ticket / token
- Caja: social-security health provider
- factura: invoice
- admisionista: admissions clerk
- baja médica: medical leave note
- historia clínica: medical chart / record
- laboratorio: laboratory
- malestar: discomfort / feeling unwell
- me duele: it hurts (me)
- orden médica: doctor's order / request slip
- recepción: reception
- sala de espera: waiting room
- SUS: public health system (acronym)
- tratamiento: treatment