New York City Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains Silent Hazard: Translators in Hospitals
                   
newyorkinjurynews.com     Jul 24, 2008            

New York City Medical Malpractice News - Long Island, New York (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) — Many non-English speaking patients go to the hospital expecting to need family members or friend to translate their complaints, medical history and symptoms for English speaking doctors and nurses. Indeed, at many hospitals within the five boroughs, patients’ providing their own translation for medical staffs has become routine. Of course, not having a translator present during medical treatment poses great dangers to patients, and impacts the quality of healthcare, especially in an emergency room setting where doctors are likely to have never seen a particular patient before, and thus unfamiliar with that patient’s medical history and complaints. It is for this reason that New York law mandates that hospitals provide translators for all... [read full story]                    


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