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Headache Assessment and CT Scan Referral
GP Doctor (speaking English) and Patient (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Headache Assessment and CT Scan Referral”. 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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Good afternoon, Mr. Perera. Can you tell me how long you've been experiencing these headaches, and are they constant or do they come and go?
දෙසතියක් විතර තියෙනවා ඩොක්ටර්. සමහර වෙලාවට උදේ ඇහැරෙන කොටම හිසරදේ තියෙනවා, ඒත් සමහර දවසට නෑ.
Do you notice any nausea, blurred vision, or sensitivity to light when the headache occurs, and does anything specific seem to trigger it?
ආලෝකයට බලපානවා, විශේෂයෙන් හිරු එළියට. සමහර වෙලාවට වමනෙත් එනවා වගේ දැනෙනවා. රස්සාවේ පරිගණකෙට වැඩිය බලද්දී තත්ත්වේ නරකට යනවා.
I'd like to refer you for a CT scan at I-MED Radiology in Bankstown, just to rule out anything serious behind these headaches.
ඒ පරීක්ෂණේට කීයක් වැය වෙයිද ඩොක්ටර්? ඒ වගේම, appointment එකක් ලැබෙන්න කොච්චර කාලයක් රැඳී ඉන්න වෙයිද?
Under Medicare, this scan is fully covered, so there's no out-of-pocket cost. The clinic usually offers an appointment within five business days.
හොඳයි, ඒක අහලා ගොඩක් සැහැල්ලුවක් දැනෙනවා. ඒත් මේ දවස් කිහිපේදී මොනවගේ රෝග ලක්ෂණ ආවොත් මට ඉක්මනට කරදර වෙන්න ඕනද?
If the headache suddenly becomes severe, or you develop slurred speech or weakness, don't wait for the scan—go straight to the emergency department.
තේරුණා ඩොක්ටර්. ඒ වෙනකන් තෙරපෙනකම් අඩු කරගන්න මොනවද මට ගන්න පුළුවන්?
For now, take two paracetamol tablets every six hours, but not more than eight in twenty-four hours, and keep a headache diary.
බොහොම ස්තුතියි ඩොක්ටර්. ඔබ කිව්ව විදිහටම මම කරන්නම්, ඒ වගේම appointment එක ලැබුණාම ඔබට කියන්නම්.
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- Medicareවිභාගයේදී 'Medicare' යන ඉංග්රීසි වචනයම එලෙසම භාවිතා කරන්න; සිංහලෙන් වෙනම නමක් නොමැත.
- Emergency department'හදිසි අනතුරු අංශය' හෝ 'Emergency Department' ලෙසම කීම සුදුසුය; ED කෙටි යෙදුම භාවිතා කළත් වරදක් නැත.
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