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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: The outpatient department of a large hospital opens its doors at eight in the morning, and by half past eight the waiting hall is already full. To keep the crowd in order, the reception desk issues numbered tokens, and patients are called in the order of their tokens rather than in the order in which they push forward. A nurse at the desk first separates the urgent cases, a child with a high fever or an elderly man struggling to breathe, and sends them ahead of the queue, while the others wait their turn. The system works only when the tokens are respected. When a patient jumps the queue, the order breaks down, tempers rise, and the doctor's time is spent settling arguments instead of examining patients. A calm waiting hall, the staff have learned, is not a matter of luck; it is the result of a clear system that everyone can see and trust. Who is sent ahead of the queue in the passage?

1.
Patients without tokens
2.
Visitors of the patients
3.
Patients who arrive last
4.
Urgent cases
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Urgent cases

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सही उत्तर Urgent cases है।

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The nurse first separates the urgent cases and sends them ahead of the queue.

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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: The outpatient department of a large hospital opens its doors at eight in the morning, and by half past eight the waiting hall is already full. To keep the crowd in order, the reception desk issues numbered tokens, and patients are called in the order of their tokens rather than in the order in which they push forward. A nurse at the desk first separates the urgent cases, a child with a high fever or an elderly man struggling to breathe, and sends them ahead of the queue, while the others wait their turn. The system works only when the tokens are respected. When a patient jumps the queue, the order breaks down, tempers rise, and the doctor's time is spent settling arguments instead of examining patients. A calm waiting hall, the staff have learned, is not a matter of luck; it is the result of a clear system that everyone can see and trust. Who is sent ahead of the queue in the passage?

1.
Patients without tokens
2.
Visitors of the patients
3.
Patients who arrive last
4.
Urgent cases

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The nurse first separates the urgent cases and sends them ahead of the queue.

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