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Pre-operative Counselling for Cataract Surgery
Nurse (speaking English) and 病人 (speaking Pashto) talk through “Pre-operative Counselling for Cataract Surgery”. You interpret both ways — English into Pashto, and Pashto into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Full transcript
Mr Rahimi, your cataract surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at nine o'clock at Liverpool Hospital. Are you feeling ready for the procedure today?
هو، زه چمتو یم، خو غواړم پوه شم چې دا عملیات به څومره وخت ونیسي؟
The operation itself usually takes about twenty minutes, using only anaesthetic eye drops, not a general anaesthetic, so you'll stay awake throughout.
زه یو دفتري کار کوم. ایا زه کولی شم چې وروسته له دوه ورځو بیرته کار ته لاړ شم؟
No, you shouldn't return to work after only two days — please rest for at least three days and avoid heavy lifting.
ښه، نو تر کومې مودې پورې زه موټر چلولی نشم؟
You must not drive for twenty-four hours after surgery, and if your vision remains blurry afterward, please wait longer before driving again.
که چیرې د عملیاتو وروسته کومه ستونزه راپیدا شي، لکه درد یا سره کیدل، زه باید څه وکړم؟
If you notice sudden pain, redness or a sudden loss of vision, please call the clinic straight away, or go to Liverpool Hospital's emergency department immediately.
ښه، بیا زه کله بیرته دلته راشم چې ډاکټر وګورم؟
Your follow-up appointment is next Thursday at ten thirty in the morning, here at Liverpool Hospital. Please remember to bring your Medicare card.
ډېره مننه، زه به خامخا په ټاکل شوي وخت کې راشم.
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- emergency departmentووایاست "د بیړني حالاتو برخه" یا "ایمرجنسي ډیپارټمنټ"، دواړه د پوهیدو وړ دي.
- medicareد Medicare کلمه لکه څنګه چې ده هماغسې په انګلیسي ووایاست، ځکه دا یو رسمي نوم دی او پښتو کې ورته بله بدلونیزه کلمه نشته.
- medicare cardووایاست "د Medicare کارت"، انګلیسي نوم یې هماغسې وساتئ.
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