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Old 05-18-2003, 09:43 PM   #11 (permalink)
Oddball
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Some of hospitals do not always provide interpreters. Look at what happened to my friend. His mother went to ER for heart problem. She is pure deaf and required an interpreter for communication, but hospital did not provide her at all. Her two Deaf sons went to hospital and find out what's going on with their mother and demanded for interpreter. Sadly, their Deaf mom was died due to wrong medication. They sued hospital for lack of interpreting services (wrongful lawsuit). It was horrible. It can happen to anyone.
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