Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this Task. The charts below compare five different countries, showing the electricity used (measured in megawatts or mw) in a typical hospital during one week, and also the number of emergency medical calls made by local residents during the same week. The last chart shows the average time (in minutes) spent on assessing emergency cases by hospital medical staff before the patients are treated Write a report summarising the information. Select and describe the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words

The tables and graph illustrate electricity usage, the number of local emergency medical calls and time spent on assessment of emergency cases before treatment during a week in the hospitals of five different countries.

Overall, it is evident that the pattern of electricity consumption is similar to that of emergency medical calls while assessment of emergency cases shows a different trend.

According to electricity usage, there are mild fluctuations in France and Japanese hospitals ranging around 32 mw and 18 mw respectively. Whereas, hospitals in Canada and Russia use the electricity very unconstantly during the week, going from 26 to 38 mw and from 12 to 24 mw respectively. In Argentina, however, electricity use declines by almost half from 9 to 5 mw.

Regarding medical calls, there are similar trends in Canada and Japan, fluctuating between 100 and 120 , and between 80 and 100 respectively. In contrast, emergency calls in Canada and Russia increase dramatically by the weekend, from 105 to over 160 and from 60 to above 110 respectively. Argentina also depict the similar flow as electricity use, decreasing by half by the weekend.

On the other hand, time spend on assessing emergency cases is almost stable in all countries apart from Russia, with 12 minutes on Monday and climbing to 28 minutes on Sunday.