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Nov 2014
Nov 2014
Posted By: jessicahoughton
In: Interpreting, Tags: body language, communication, healthcare interpreter, healthcare treatment, interpreter, interpreters, language, medical, medical attention, medical interpreter, medical interpreters, medical staff, patient, translation
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A patient is hurried into Liverpool Royal emergencies at 3am. She is originally from Hong Kong and attempts to describe her agonizing symptoms in Cantonese but only receives blank faces from the medical staff. No medical interpreter is available until 9 am and so a Mandarin speaking Chinese nurse is instead quickly called upon to …
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