Реферат: B. THE MOBILE CLINIC

One of our former students bought recently an old tourist mini-bus and converted it into a mobile clinic.

There is a new trend in veterinary service now. It is returning to the old house-call style of practice.

The mobile clinic occupies a 24-foot motor home1 and is the first mobile clinic in our district. The clinic is containing sterile surgical equipment, a complete pharmacy and cages for small animals. The clinic is lacking only an x-ray unit.

The motor home was modified and now meets the needs of a veterinary clinic. The dining table was replaced with an examination table. A special counter was installed and it keeps storage units stationary2 while the clinic is moving along bad country roads. The mobile clinic was put into operation as a supplement to the office practice. Older clients were using taxis to bring their pets to the clinic. The cost of a house call by the mobile clinic is about the same as the taxi fee which these clients were paying. And a house call is convenient for these clients, particularly for peasants in the country-side.

The mobile clinic was already operating in December last year. It fits well into the preventive medicine program of safe keeping animals, and the number of new clients is increasing.

1) motor home — автомобиль, оборудованный для жилья

2) it keeps storage units stationary- в нем укреплены все стеклянные сосуды.

Упражнение 1. Прочтите словосочетания и переведите их:

house call, surgical equipment, x-ray unit, examination table, taxi fee, office practice, to meet the needs, to put into operation

Упражнение 2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту:

1) Who had devised this mobile clinic?

2) Is the veterinary practice returning to the house-call style of practice?

3) What is the mobile clinic containing?

4) What is the mobile clinic lacking?

5) Was the motor home modified?

6) What was the dining table replaced with?

7) Were the clients using, taxis to bring their pets to the clinic?