How America is failing its rural hospitals – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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Transcripción interactiva y destacados
1.This pin represents Saint Mark's Hospital in Texas
2.Starting in 2020, the hospital struggled to pay its mortgage debt
3.In February 2023 The hospital board voted to shutter inpatient services, meaning overnight care, and cut nearly half the staff
4.It wasn't enough
5.By October 2023, the entire hospital shut down
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B2)
maintenance
B2Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Example:
"maintenance aren't less expensive"
expensive
A2Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Example:
"maintenance aren't less expensive"
basically
A2In a fundamental, essential or basic manner
Example:
"basically could lose access to all health care."
committed
A2To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Example:
"to bring 5G coverage across the US, and they're committed"
responders
A2One who responds.
Example:
"to supporting first responders"
contracts
A2An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
Example:
"Contracts with insurers are typically renegotiated"
renegotiated
B1To negotiate new terms to replace old ones.
Example:
"Contracts with insurers are typically renegotiated"
beneficiaries
B1One who benefits or receives an advantage.
Example:
"More than half of the Medicare beneficiaries"
chemotherapy
B1Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
Example:
"Nearly half the hospitals that once offered chemotherapy"
institutions
B1A custom or practice of a society or community.
Example:
"one of the only health care type institutions"
Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
---|---|---|
maintenance | B2 | Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. |
expensive | A2 | Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish. |
basically | A2 | In a fundamental, essential or basic manner |
committed | A2 | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
responders | A2 | One who responds. |
contracts | A2 | An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. |
renegotiated | B1 | To negotiate new terms to replace old ones. |
beneficiaries | B1 | One who benefits or receives an advantage. |
chemotherapy | B1 | Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. |
institutions | B1 | A custom or practice of a society or community. |
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