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Sunday, March 29, 2009
From the NY Times: Foreign Ways and War Scars Test Hospital
Photo by: Todd Heisler/The New York TimesDr. Carmen Divertie examined a Spanish-speaking patient at the clinic. Many of her patients are recent immigrants.
Article by: Denise Grady
Published: March 28, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS - The man from Somalia sat nervously in an examining room at Hennepin County Medical Center, gingerly brushing his fingertips against the left side of his head.
"You're having surgery to remove shrapnel from your skull," Dr. Steven Hillson told him, pausing to let a Somali interpreter dressed in a black head scarf and floor length skirt translate.
The patient, Abdulqadir Jirow, 31, nodded and explained that the shrapnel had been there since.....
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Judge Finds Bias at Hospital in Dealings with Deaf Man
By BARBARA STEWART
Published: Saturday, April 17, 1999 in the New York Times
Mount Sinai Medical Center illegally discriminated against the deaf husband of a pregnant woman by refusing to provide a sign language interpreter while the couple were attending Lamaze classes, a Federal judge has ruled. As a result of the hospital's refusal, Jeffrey Bravin, a teacher at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Manhattan, was unable to learn the Lamaze method of assisting a woman giving birth, Judge Robert W. Sweet of Federal District Court in Manhattan said in his opinion on Wednesday. Mr. Bravin's wife, Naomi, needed a birthing partner to take part in the classes and to learn the techniques being taught, the judge wrote.
Mount Sinai Medical Center illegally discriminated against the deaf husband of a pregnant woman by refusing to provide a sign language interpreter while the couple were attending Lamaze classes, a Federal judge has ruled. Go to NYTimes to read full article.
Published: Saturday, April 17, 1999 in the New York Times
Mount Sinai Medical Center illegally discriminated against the deaf husband of a pregnant woman by refusing to provide a sign language interpreter while the couple were attending Lamaze classes, a Federal judge has ruled. As a result of the hospital's refusal, Jeffrey Bravin, a teacher at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Manhattan, was unable to learn the Lamaze method of assisting a woman giving birth, Judge Robert W. Sweet of Federal District Court in Manhattan said in his opinion on Wednesday. Mr. Bravin's wife, Naomi, needed a birthing partner to take part in the classes and to learn the techniques being taught, the judge wrote.
Mount Sinai Medical Center illegally discriminated against the deaf husband of a pregnant woman by refusing to provide a sign language interpreter while the couple were attending Lamaze classes, a Federal judge has ruled. Go to NYTimes to read full article.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Lost in Translation
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7930047.stm
Button gaffe embarrasses Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a mock reset button Mr Lavrov was not taken with the state department's Russian language skills
Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart.
Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.
But he said the word the Americans chose, "peregruzka", meant "overloaded" or "overcharged", rather than "reset".
Daily newspaper Kommersant declared on its front page: "Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton push the wrong button."
Relations between Washington and Moscow have cooled in recent years over Russia's role in the war in Georgia, US support for the entry of Georgia and Ukraine to Nato, and the planned US missile shield based in central Europe.
'Was it right?'
Efforts to heal the rift got off to an awkward start on Friday as the two sides met in Geneva, when Mrs Clinton presented Foreign Minister Lavrov with a green box tied in green ribbon.
Pressing the US-Russia reset button
US and Russia seek 2009 arms deal
As reporters watched, the US secretary of state assured her Russian opposite number her staff had "worked hard" to ensure it was accurate.
"Was it right?" she inquired with a smile.
"You got it wrong," Mr Lavrov responded, also smiling, before pointing out the mistake.
Despite the embarrassment, the two made light of the moment in front of the cameras and pushed the button together to signify a shared hope for better relations.
At a joint news conference after two hours of talks, both joked about the error.
"We reached an agreement on how 'reset' is spelled in both Russian and English - we have no differences between us any more," Mr Lavrov said through an interpreter.
Mrs Clinton put it this way: "The minister corrected our word choice.
But in a way, the word that was on the button turns out to be also true.
"We are resetting, and because we are resetting, the minister and I have an 'overload' of work."
The gift was a light-hearted reference to US Vice-President Joe Biden's recent remark that the new US administration wanted to reset ties with Russia after years of friction.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7930047.stm
Button gaffe embarrasses Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a mock reset button Mr Lavrov was not taken with the state department's Russian language skills
Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart.
Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.
But he said the word the Americans chose, "peregruzka", meant "overloaded" or "overcharged", rather than "reset".
Daily newspaper Kommersant declared on its front page: "Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton push the wrong button."
Relations between Washington and Moscow have cooled in recent years over Russia's role in the war in Georgia, US support for the entry of Georgia and Ukraine to Nato, and the planned US missile shield based in central Europe.
'Was it right?'
Efforts to heal the rift got off to an awkward start on Friday as the two sides met in Geneva, when Mrs Clinton presented Foreign Minister Lavrov with a green box tied in green ribbon.
Pressing the US-Russia reset button
US and Russia seek 2009 arms deal
As reporters watched, the US secretary of state assured her Russian opposite number her staff had "worked hard" to ensure it was accurate.
"Was it right?" she inquired with a smile.
"You got it wrong," Mr Lavrov responded, also smiling, before pointing out the mistake.
Despite the embarrassment, the two made light of the moment in front of the cameras and pushed the button together to signify a shared hope for better relations.
At a joint news conference after two hours of talks, both joked about the error.
"We reached an agreement on how 'reset' is spelled in both Russian and English - we have no differences between us any more," Mr Lavrov said through an interpreter.
Mrs Clinton put it this way: "The minister corrected our word choice.
But in a way, the word that was on the button turns out to be also true.
"We are resetting, and because we are resetting, the minister and I have an 'overload' of work."
The gift was a light-hearted reference to US Vice-President Joe Biden's recent remark that the new US administration wanted to reset ties with Russia after years of friction.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Report: Health-care disparities shortchange minorities, poor
Activists called on area hospitals to examine their roles in perpetuating health-care disparities that shortchange minorities and the poor.
By Kyung M. Song
Seattle Times health reporter
Virginia Mason Medical Center provides half as much charity care as Swedish Medical Center, though their main campuses are just a few blocks apart.
Residents of Southeast Seattle live about twice as far on average from the nearest hospital than do people in Fremont, Greenlake, Shoreline or Ballard.
And several dozen Spanish speakers posing as ...click here for full article at The Seattle Times
By Kyung M. Song
Seattle Times health reporter
Virginia Mason Medical Center provides half as much charity care as Swedish Medical Center, though their main campuses are just a few blocks apart.
Residents of Southeast Seattle live about twice as far on average from the nearest hospital than do people in Fremont, Greenlake, Shoreline or Ballard.
And several dozen Spanish speakers posing as ...click here for full article at The Seattle Times
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