Limits of Healthcare through Language

People are always sayin' about immigrants that you know they came to this country, they should learn the language. (I've met 2 people in the pharmacy that shares this belief so strongly - I believe they are conservatives and Catholics.)

But, in the realm of healthcare in the United States, or just even health care in general, it goes beyond that. As more or less as health care workers like even in a pharmacy, it goes beyond whether or not we are in the US, South Africa or you know anywhere in the world. Health care is about helping people, caring about people, helping them live better lives. And so, in order to better provide care for our respective populations, we can learn Spanish, we can learn Chinese - we can utilize our contracted language services instead of being stiff, stubborn and narrow-minded that we can only provide health care services, well not even services let alone communication, only in English. So, we can learn the language we can learn the culture. We can. Si se puede.

If you are a health care worker, do you not care about your patients/customers/clients? You would want to help them. And, we are always looking for better ways in which we can impart care. Health care is a universal thing. All countries, all cultures, they understand and share much in common in regards to basic systems - family, health, money, language, culture, government. These concepts flow through each economy, each nation, each country, each culture. Among them, with language we can go beyond. When you can understand another language, it's like you feel their soul.

Think about this:
Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.