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A Plan to Improve Healthcare Access for Koreans in Bayside, NY

Posted by Anny Zhang on Nov 8, 2017 10:00:00 PM

One of the goals is to target the language barrier.

 

Source:  Path.com

Source: Path.com

A recent report by journalist Danielle Woodward from Path.com has shown the concerns to improve healthcare access to the Korean community in Bayside, New York.

With the help of community leaders, City Council member Paul Varone has drawn up a plan to demolish language, cultural and financial barriers among the Asian American population in that area.

“A lot of it was language issues because, even if they called 911, it was difficult to talk about their concerns on the phone to someone who couldn’t speak Korean”, said Vallone to patch.com.


To read the original full article, click here.

 

Topics: bayside, new york, Language Barrier, Insights, medical Spanish, korean community

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