vo:lla

English translation: vastaanotolla

14:49 Sep 12, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
Finnish term or phrase: vo:lla
seisoo vo:lla

Pt. with back issues.

I wish Finnish would refrain from using all these abbreviations which are unintelligible to non-natives. "standing" by means of what exactly? In medical report or record.
Yngve Roennike
Local time: 15:27
English translation:vastaanotolla
Explanation:
The patient with his/her back problem is probably waiting to see a doctor or a nurse (in a health center or some such place), so "vo:lla" probably stands for "vastaanotolla".

You really have to do some standing there if you don't have an appointment but just go there because you have a health problem. Thus, "vastaanotto", literally 'reception', is the place you go to to have a health care professional receive (and hopefully help) you.
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Pertti Hietaranta
Finland
Local time: 21:27
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vastaanotolla


Explanation:
The patient with his/her back problem is probably waiting to see a doctor or a nurse (in a health center or some such place), so "vo:lla" probably stands for "vastaanotolla".

You really have to do some standing there if you don't have an appointment but just go there because you have a health problem. Thus, "vastaanotto", literally 'reception', is the place you go to to have a health care professional receive (and hopefully help) you.

Pertti Hietaranta
Finland
Local time: 21:27
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jussi Rosti
15 mins

agree  Spencer Allman: surgery
41 mins

agree  Unni Tengvall-Unadike: Vastaanotolla yes, and the thing about standing might mean that the patient has a hard time sitting due to back problems. My dad once stood for a very long time because back pain only permitted him to stand or lie, not sit!
3 hrs
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