16-10-2024, 08:48 AM
I too was a little taken aback by the media reaction to this bit of hospital management. The reality that procedures and treatment could be at risk because of a misinterpretation or unclear explanation through different language use seems to have escaped the journos, who put common sense aside for the opportunity to scream 'racism' where it simply didn't exist.
English is a ridiculous language, it is easy enough to have instructions screwed up using that language alone, let alone translating it into another in the process. Especially with patients who may be ill informed or stressed. Where a patient does not speak English properly qualified interpreters are used, and medical interpreting requires specialist training because of the tecnicalities involved.
Another media beat up I think.
English is a ridiculous language, it is easy enough to have instructions screwed up using that language alone, let alone translating it into another in the process. Especially with patients who may be ill informed or stressed. Where a patient does not speak English properly qualified interpreters are used, and medical interpreting requires specialist training because of the tecnicalities involved.
Another media beat up I think.