Penn State's THON fundraiser helps to break language barriers in modern medicine by giving a voice to non-English-speaking cancer patients.
Ernesto Garcia, right, translates, while Bethany Aney, center, with Child Life services, helps out with four-year-old Oliver Rios, sitting on his mother, Mayra's lap, during an appointment at Penn State Health Children's Hospital - Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Infusion Clinic on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.
“It's a relief for them," said Ernesto Garcia, a medical interpreter at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The family needed help making sense of it all, and they were not alone. More than 32% of the U.S. population speaks English “less than very well," according to the U.S. Census Bureau. “It’s needed and used virtually every day," said Dr. Gayle Smink, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist. "And being able to explain to families what’s going on with their child and the care that they’ll need going forward is incredibly important."
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