If you speak little or no Spanish, it can be difficult to obtain medical attention, particularly in remote areas where doctors are less likely to speak English, so it?s a good idea to familiarise yourself with the following medical related terms.

Health care:

The Spanish use several different phrases to describe ?health care? these include:

• asistencia m?dica
• atenci?n de salud
• servicios de salud
• cuidados m?dicos
• atenci?n sanitaria
• asistencia sanitaria
• asistencia m?dica

Accident and emergency: Urgencias

Ambulance: ambulancia

Unwell: mal

Doctor: medico

Nurse: enfermera

Prescription: prescripci?n

Medicine: medicina

To tell the doctor what the problem is, try to remember the following:

I have pain in my: Tengo dolor de?

Stomach: estomago

Head: cabeza

Chest: pecho

Throat: garganta

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Note that the word for hospital is the same in Spanish but pronounced without the ?h? and with more stress on the ?a?.