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Head Injury After a Ladder Fall
Doctor (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Head Injury After a Ladder Fall”. You interpret both ways — English into Sinhala, and Sinhala into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Mr Fernando, you fell from a ladder while cleaning your gutters this morning, and paramedics said you struck your head. Can you describe what happened right before you lost your balance?
මම අද උදේ නිවසේ වහලයේ තිබුණු කසළ ඉවත් කරන්න පඩිපෙළක් උඩට නැග්ගා. එතකොට හදිසියේම හිස කැරකෙන්න පටන් ගත්තා, ඊට පස්සේ මම පඩිපෙළෙන් වැටිලා හිසට තැලුණා.
Did you lose consciousness after the fall, even briefly? If so, can you estimate roughly how long you were unconscious for?
ඔව්, මට විනාඩි දෙකක් විතර සිහිය නැති වුණා කියලා මගේ මිත්රයා පස්සේ මට කිව්වා.
Since the fall, have you had any vomiting, a severe headache, or noticed blurred or double vision at any point?
වමනය නම් නැහැ, ඒත් තද හිසරදයක් තියෙනවා, තවම ටිකක් කරකැවිල්ලක් වගේ දැනෙනවා.
We'll organise an urgent CT scan of your brain here at Liverpool Hospital, since you lost consciousness for two minutes and struck your head hard.
හරි දොස්තර, ඒත් ඒකට කීයක් වැයවෙයිද, කොච්චර වෙලාවක් ගතවෙයිද කියලා දැනගන්න ඕන.
There's no cost under Medicare for this scan, since you're a public patient, and the wait should be about thirty minutes before we take you through.
හරි, ස්තුතියි දොස්තර. හිසරදය තවත් නරක අතට හැරෙනවා නම්, මම වහාම හෙදියට කියන්නම්.
After the scan, if everything looks normal, you can go home today, but you must return immediately if you vomit, feel confused, or the headache worsens.
තේරුණා දොස්තර. මම හොඳටම බලාගෙන ඉන්නම්, යමක් නරක අතට හැරුනොත් ඉක්මනින්ම ආයෙත් එන්නම්.
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- medicareවිභාගයේදී 'Medicare' යන ඉංග්රීසි වචනයම එලෙසම භාවිතා කරන්න; සිංහලෙන් වෙනම නමක් නොමැත.
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