Bilingual health care reaches immigrants in the workplace - Spanish-speaking workers at Chesco mushroom farms get treatment and advice at clinics that La Comunidad Hispana runs on site. - Philadelphia area

Two years ago, when Salvador Villicana discovered he had Type II diabetes, he wasn’t sure what he should do about it.

Villicana, a 44-year old Kaolin Mushroom Farms employee from Mexico, understood that treating Type II diabetes required dietary and lifestyle adjustments. He just couldn’t understand what they were.

“When I found out, I was referred to a doctor who only spoke English,” said Villicana, in Spanish. “And, since I’m not exactly an expert in English, it was a pretty big problem.”*

*From: http://www.philly.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

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