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Home » Deaf and Hard of Hearing Forum » Deaf: difficulty in healthcare services? Messages in this topic - RSS
2/4/2010 12:26:11 AM
sherlock
sherlock
Posts 48
Do a lot of deaf patients suffer from difficulty in acquiring health care services because they are deaf?
In UK there were news that a lot of them have difficulty in receiving basic health care services because of communication problems. What are your points of view from this?
2/6/2010 3:07:07 AM
tahopable
tahopable
Posts 5
I think the hospitals may consider these kind of patients. Because they need attention too. I think the hospitals should place someone who knows sign language or something. This can help them to cater their patients well.
2/7/2010 2:56:47 AM
takatenamano
takatenamano
Posts 34
I don't think so. If the deaf patient is having problems communicating in the hospital then it means that the hospital is the one that has the problem. Hospitals should have professionals that can attend to the needs of the patients and this includes deaf people too of course.
2/8/2010 11:29:01 AM
sherlock
sherlock
Posts 48
Your right takatenamano, hospitals should always put people who are able to understand these type of patients. They need to optimize the needs of the deaf people in order for them to be treated accordingly.
2/9/2010 9:51:40 AM
ben10
ben10
Posts 3
Did they've been treated mistakenly or not? Because I don't really agree that they are. The hospitals are always been good to this kind of patients because they always try to cater the needs specially these people.
2/12/2010 5:22:48 AM
sherlock
sherlock
Posts 48
You know not every health care facilities treat them in what way they should be treated. But I guess they just don't have any clerks or employees that manage these kind of patients.
2/25/2010 4:35:29 AM
siobe
siobe
Posts 5
I think health care facilities should employ people who can understand these patients. They are people who needs care too.
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