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An example use of hospital in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… one a a that actual hospital A&E is what …”
A hospital is a building where sick people are treated.
the word hospital occurs in english on average 151 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.