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Language barriers plague hospitals

Language translation becomes a question of life and death in hospitals. Read this article from USA Today.

Many hospital patients who have a limited ability to speak English and who need a translator don't get one, which puts them at risk for poor and sometimes life-threatening medical care, an analysis in today's New England Journal of Medicine says.

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Only 23% of teaching hospitals offer physicians training in how to work with an interpreter, he says. "Lack of interpreters translates into impaired health status, lower likelihood of being given a follow-up appointment, greater risk of hospital admissions and more drug complications," says Flores, a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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IN OTHER WORDS: Demand surges for translators at medical facilities

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