Translation Improvements Hailed. New York City

Posted on: November 16th, 2005
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ]

“Civil rights advocates gathered yesterday outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights to celebrate a new program of translation and interpretation services for patients with limited English proficiency””the first step, they say, in a greater fight for comprehensive language access in all state hospitals.

Dozens attended a press conference led by Luis Tejada of the Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center. The crowd included members of the Language Access Coalition, hospital patients, and state politicians, who have all pressured the hospital to change its language services program.”

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