get/have my blood drawn for...?

[maoyueh]

"I went to the hospital to get/have my blood drawn for a regular check-up."

Is this sentence correct? Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

"I went to the hospital to get/have my blood drawn for a regular check-up."

Is this sentence correct? Thank you.

We don't usually bother with "my".

I went to hospital to have [some] blood drawn for a regular checkup.

As you can see, you also don't absolutely need the definite article before "hospital" either.

 

[Rover_KE]

We also say 'I went to hospital for a blood test'.

Rover

 

[emsr2d2]

We also say 'I went to hospital for a blood test'.

Rover

Although that suggests that the blood test was done at the same time. You can go to hospital to get a vial of blood drawn and then take/send it elsewhere for the actual blood test.

 

[riquecohen]

We don't usually bother with "my".

I went to hospital to have [some] blood drawn for a regular checkup.

As you can see, you also don't absolutely need the definite article before "hospital" either.

In AmE, we go to the hospital.

 

[emsr2d2]

In AmE, we go to the hospital.

Ah, OK, then another BrE vs AmE difference.

 

[emsr2d2]

Now that we're on the subject of AmE and BrE, I would like to add that normally in BrE we say have blood "taken" rather than "drawn" if we're not part of the medical profession.

 

[Tdol]

I'd use taken too- drawn sounds a bit like bloodletting to me.