WSU Professor Champions Legislation Ensuring Kansas Hospitals Have Qualified Interpreters
When Veronica Mireles’ son complained he was in severe abdominal pain, she rushed him to a Wichita emergency room.No interpreter was provided for the Spanish-speaking family, and the teenager was told he may have contracted a sexually transmitted disease. His doctor sent him home.
Amid COVID-19, Kansas needs improved language services to support health equity
Latinos constitute almost half of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas, reflecting an existing trend of poor health outcomes for Latinos in the state.
Hispanics in Kansas raise their voices on health equity
Kansas legislators who don’t speak the languages of their constituents generally don’t listen to what those constituents have to say about issues at the city, county and state levels.
Spanish-speaking Kansans face language barrier amid COVID-19
Veronica Mireles knows from personal experience the perils many Kansas Latinos face navigating health care in Kansas without English fluency.