Language Barriers Cause Hospitals Problems in Arkansas

Posted on: July 26th, 2006
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“”It’s just a day and I think a half, a day and a half that I have to stay.”

Nereida Marruffo, 13, is in Arkansas Children’s Hospital for an in-patient procedure. She’s speaks English just fine, but her parents speak only Spanish.

In Spanish, an interpreter speaks to Nereida’s parents, “Are mom and dad aware that she needs to lie flat for at least eight hours?” “

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