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A medical care program in America provided knee and hip surgery for Cubans not able to obtain these treatments on their native soil. Expressions of English and Spanish not always understood created a language barrier at times between the patients and surgical team. The nonverbal signs of surgery success, though, required no translation or interpreter.
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2.Como Se Dice... `I Am Here to Help'? by Humphries, Tara L. Southern City Vol. 43 Issue 2, Feb 1993
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995
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A number of cities, including Charlotte and Raleigh, have introduced bilingual programs, such as bilingual utilities policy manuals, bilingual emergency dispatch operators, and language programs for municipal employees, in an effort to accommodate and assist Spanish speaking citizens.
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