N.Y. to Require Hospital Translators
Leave your thoughtsALBANY, N.Y. New York will require all hospitals to provide skilled translators amid fears that family members can be unreliable translators…
Category: Health Justice & Access
4 Hospitals Agree To Add Translators For Immigs
Leave your thoughtsFOUR LOCAL hospitals have agreed to improve their interpretation services after immigrants’ rights groups charged they weren’t abiding by laws…
NYC Hospitals Settle English Translation Probe
Leave your thoughtsFour New York City hospitals agreed to develop language assistance programs, and name coordinators to oversee them, as part of…
Llegan a Acuerdo para Ofrescer Tradicción en Hospitales de Nueva York
Leave your thoughtsLos hospitales del estado de Nueva York están obligados desde hoy a ofrecer servicios de traducción a todas aquellas personas…
POLITICIANS AND PATIENTS CELEBRATE NEW HEALTH PROTECTIONS FOR MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANT NYERS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH
Leave your thoughtsFor Immediate Release New State Regulations require increased provision of free translation and interpretation services at all NY State hospitals.…
AIDS Activists Protest at UN Meeting
Leave your thoughtsHundreds converged near the United Nations Wednesday at a rally where AIDS activists (including Make the Road by Walking) took…
Protestan Política Mundial de SIDA
Leave your thoughtsNueva York Centenares de personas protestaron ayer frente a Naciones Unidas (ONU), donde los líderes mundiales debaten nuevas estrategias…
Paren el SIDA y Cumplan: Exigen Más Acción de Líderes Mundiales para Frenar el Mal
Leave your thoughtsEstuve en la calle por 11 años. Usaba heroína y me prostituía. Abandoné un niño y soy VIH positivo, fue…
Health push for illegal immigrants
Leave your thoughtsCity health officials yesterday launched a multilingual campaign urging undocumented immigrant New Yorkers not to be afraid to seek care…
When abuse is a killer: Boro women at higher risk
Leave your thoughtsAs the city launches a massive anti-domestic violence campaign, Brooklyn women are much more likely to be killed by an…