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Originally Posted by deafbajagal
The same thing happened to me last week. I moved to a new area so had to look for a new doctor for my baby who was so sick. Not only they refused to provide an interpreter (BUT they do provide Spanish translators) because the doctor told the nurse to tell me that using an intepreter was "my problem, not his so he REFUSE to get or pay for one" - I didn't have time to look for another doctor so I had to go ahead and make an appointment because my baby was getting sicker by the minute. When I showed up for the appointment, they turned me and my baby AWAY because the doctor was "not comfortable with Deaf people." 'To add salt to this wound, the woman at the front desk asked me if my own mother would be willing to come and take my place!
I filed and faxed a complaint form with the Attorney General's Office THAT DAY but still feel I didn't do enough. My poor baby was sick - and I had to take her to the emergency room to get treatment.
This doctor needs his medical license revoked immediately. It's not even about me - this is about turning away a sick child.
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Wow, that really surprises me. Doctors should know the law better than that. I'm amazed. You should print
this form, and go back into the doctor's office. Put the paper on the desk in front of the doctor, and ask him/her to fill out the section titled "Who do you think discriminated against you?" Tell the doctor that you want to make sure you get his name spelled right. I
assure you, you will be treated completely differently.
People discriminate for two reasons. 1) They're mean/stupid and they think you do not know your rights, or 2) They're ignorant of the law. Once you show them that you know your rights, or that they don't know the law, they become scared very quickly, and they usually do what they should do in the first place.