hospital

Universal Words noun a large building where people who are ill/sick or injured are given medical treatment and care: (BrE) He had to go to hospital for treatment. * (AmE) He had to go to the hospital for treatment. * to be admitted to (the) hospital * to be discharged from (the) hospital * The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance. * He died in (the) hospital. * I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother. * a psychiatric / mental hospital * hospital doctors / nurses / staff * There is an urgent need for more day care centres and more hospital beds. seealsoCOTTAGEHOSPITAL ______________________________ BRITISH/AMERICAN hospital In BrE you say to hospital or in hospital when you are a patient: I had to go to hospital. * She spent two weeks in hospital. In AmE you need to use the: I had to go to the hospital. * She spent two weeks in the hospital. ______________________________