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I recently went to Poland for a quick 2 day holiday. Felt great before I left. Felt great while I was there. Tested positive for covid the morning I was suppose
by jspash 5y ago
I recently went to Poland for a quick 2 day holiday. Felt great before I left. Felt great while I was there. Tested positive for covid the morning I was supposed to fly home. Fast forward a bit and I'm in the back of an ambulance while my partner was on the plane back home.
They put me up in a hotel for 10 days. Fed me 3 times a day. Checked on me twice a day. And on day 10, opened the door and I was on my own.
How I could have managed that without Google translate, I don't know. None of the doctors or nurses spoke more than a few words of English. And I could barely say hello, goodbye or thank you. (I can now!)
As you say, life would have been difficult. It was difficult even with google translate. But it made the interactions much easier on both parties involved.
I would hope that if someone was visiting my country on holiday, or to visit their relatives, and happened to get sick, that the hospital would do all they could to communicate with them and not treat them like they shouldn't even be there.
- LAC-Tech 5y agoRight, but if you decided to move to Poland - you'd realise you probably need to speak Polish, right?
- detaro 5y agoSince you started by suggesting hospitals don't need this capability: So because one reason why people might turn up at a hospital not speaking the language isn't "valid" in your eyes, hospitals shouldn't prepare for any people that don't speak the language? (And your example, Poland, has a pretty big influx of people right now who had different priorities than ensuring they speak the language first)
- LAC-Tech 5y agoWhat a weirdly hostile response. Not only are you wielding scare quotes against me, but they're not even words I used - not once did I say "valid". HN really is a stifling place whenever the discussion veers anywhere close to politics. I give up, you win.