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If they can't speak English they shouldn't be ther
Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:06pm
 
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It's just a question of simple good manners.
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Reply #1 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:16pm
 
Workers at a Queensland hospital have been issued with a warning to immediately stop speaking foreign languages at work because it makes patients feel 'paranoid and isolated'.

'I have received a few complaints lately about staff speaking in their own language in front of others,' the email cited by the Courier Mail reads.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5268827/Queensland-hospital-works-speak-English.html#ixzz54Ee2FA84
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you shld have said  Qld herb.. that would explain the paranoia... Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #2 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:22pm
 

"If they can't speak English they shouldn't be there".

Really?

If someone is mute, just throw them on the unemployment line?

Such understanding and compassion you have, Herbert.



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Reply #3 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:30pm
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:06pm:
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It's just a question of simple good manners.


that's asking a bit much these days, innit?  Multi-culturalism is all the go.....
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Reply #4 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:40pm
 
How will Queensland cope without foreign doctors and nurses....That is the possible outcome if the Government pushes the issue when two foreigners converse in their first language and it is considered inappropriate....However doctors / nurses need to communicate with patients so English is essential....Banning people from speaking a foreign language because it might make some patients uncomfortable sounds like bullshit to me!!!

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Reply #5 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:44pm
 
philperth2010 wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 5:40pm:
How will Queensland cope without foreign doctors and nurses....That is the possible outcome if the Government pushes the issue when two foreigners converse in their first language and it is considered inappropriate....However doctors / nurses need to communicate with patients so English is essential....Banning people from speaking a foreign language because it might make some patients uncomfortable sounds like bullshit to me!!!

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I guess we'll have to ban Australian doctors from writing.

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Reply #6 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:12pm
 
If your treating doctor is speaking to a colleague in another language in your vicinity people may feel like they are hiding information from you. That's where the paranoid part of the article is coming from. Health specialists should always speak English in Australian hospitals. It's professional and good manners.
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Mr Hammer wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:12pm:
If your treating doctor is speaking to a colleague in another language in your vicinity people may feel like they are hiding information from you. That's where the paranoid part of the article is coming from. Health specialists should always speak English in Australian hospitals. It's professional and good manners.


I accept you have a point Mr Hammer....Protocols can be put in place where staff can leave the ward before conversing in a foreign language....However a blanket ban would be insulting and demeaning to any proud professional!!!

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Reply #8 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:39pm
 
I don't care what language they use as long as they give me the correct treatment.

Doctors used to write scripts in Latin so patients couldn't understand it.
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Reply #9 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:45pm
 
philperth2010 wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:35pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:12pm:
If your treating doctor is speaking to a colleague in another language in your vicinity people may feel like they are hiding information from you. That's where the paranoid part of the article is coming from. Health specialists should always speak English in Australian hospitals. It's professional and good manners.


I accept you have a point Mr Hammer....Protocols can be put in place where staff can leave the ward before conversing in a foreign language....However a blanket ban would be insulting and demeaning to any proud professional!!!

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They are in Australia you know.
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Reply #10 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:47pm
 
Chinese tourists.

Ban them.
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Reply #11 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:49pm
 
Sorry, hospital employees.

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Reply #12 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:54pm
 
Mr Hammer wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:12pm:
If your treating doctor is speaking to a colleague in another language in your vicinity people may feel like they are hiding information from you. That's where the paranoid part of the article is coming from. Health specialists should always speak English in Australian hospitals. It's professional and good manners.


Professionals who choose to practice in Australia should speak English and GOOD English at that.   They can speak their native language at home to their heart's content.

A few years ago my son was taken to hospital after a work accident.  The attending doctor's accent was so thick we could barely understand her.  She sent him home and we were glad to get out of there as it was a strain to try to communicate.

3 days later he got a call to immediately go back to the hospital because it turned out his spine was fractured.

Health care is important and being able to understand the doctors and nurses is imperative.
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Reply #13 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 7:22pm
 
Black Orchid wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:54pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:12pm:
If your treating doctor is speaking to a colleague in another language in your vicinity people may feel like they are hiding information from you. That's where the paranoid part of the article is coming from. Health specialists should always speak English in Australian hospitals. It's professional and good manners.


Professionals who choose to practice in Australia should speak English and GOOD English at that.   They can speak their native language at home to their heart's content.

A few years ago my son was taken to hospital after a work accident.  The attending doctor's accent was so thick we could barely understand her.  She sent him home and we were glad to get out of there as it was a strain to try to communicate.

3 days later he got a call to immediately go back to the hospital because it turned out his spine was fractured.

Health care is important and being able to understand the doctors and nurses is imperative.

I'm hearing you on FM Orchid.
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Reply #14 - Jan 15th, 2018 at 7:29pm
 
Bobby. wrote on Jan 15th, 2018 at 6:39pm:
I don't care what language they use as long as they give me the correct treatment.


I think we all want you to receive the right treatment, Booby.

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