Tag: Medical Interpretation

  • State Lawmakers Consider Medical Interpretation Bill

    By Megan Burks The meeting itself drove home the necessity of interpretation. Outfitted with headsets receiving signals from several interpreters, residents speaking seven languages met in City Heights Friday to coordinate a campaign to improve access to interpreters at doctors’ offices and hospitals. At the start, members of the Karen (Burmese), Somali, Somali Bantu, Eritrean…