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People travel recreationally, for business, and sometimes out of necessity to places where they don't speak the local language - perhaps you, friends, or family
by jka 5y ago
People travel recreationally, for business, and sometimes out of necessity to places where they don't speak the local language - perhaps you, friends, or family have, or will in future, experience those kinds of travel.
Medical emergencies (or, to be honest, routine medical care) can be required for anyone, anywhere, for no particular reason. Care workers are no doubt familiar with that.
For people to want to improve the situation for hospitals doesn't seem bad if it's possible. Do you think that we cannot achieve better?
- LAC-Tech 5y agoPeople travel recreationally, for business, and sometimes out of necessity to places where they don't speak the local language - perhaps you, friends, or family have, or will in future, experience those kinds of travel. Sure, my wifes English is very good but not perfect. I accompany her so I can give quick translations to medical terms she might not know. If we ever bring her parents here to live, guess whose job it's going to be to make sure they understand doctors? Well, mostly hers... but you get my point. The onus is on us. I have no expectation that every hospital should be able to communicate in every language on earth.
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- jka 5y agoThanks - that all makes sense, and I agree that generally it makes sense to navigate life with realistic expectations. Having optimism, and deciding to challenge existing limitations can both be useful too, though. > I have no expectation that every hospital should be able to communicate in every language on earth. I like the way you stated that. At first it made me think about how to improve translations. Now it's making me wonder whether there is a more universal common medical language (in many situations, I think that human care for each other doesn't require much communication at all).