The patient needs taking care of.

[Alice Chu]

Hello.
Could you please tell me if the following sentences are correct?

1) The patient wants taking care of.
2) The patient wants to be taken care of.
3) The patient needs taking care of.
4) The patient needs to be taken care of.
-By an unqualified English teacher

 

[teechar]

1) The patient wants taking care of.

That's somewhat unusual. The more standard version uses "needs". The rest of your sentences are okay.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...ing care of;,c0;.t1;,wants taking care of;,c0

 

[Tdol]

2 means something different from 3 & 4.