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From: Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Croft)
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Subject: Re: Sign Word for Paramedic
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Date: 4 Feb 91 21:46:58 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Thanks for your explanation.  I was under the impression that your work
is in a hospital emergency room--where doctors, nurses AND technicians
of various sorts all wear white jackets, usually.

If there's some local committee to improve medical access for deaf
persons, perhaps you can get on it and push for better services.  You
would have been legally in hot water if your admittedly limited sign
language skills brought on inappropriate treatment.

One local hospital some years ago actually used a hard-of-hearing person
to interpret!  She was an employee of the hospital.  I talked with her
about this and encouraged her to refuse to do this.

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