Tag: patient
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Teen girl near China border Vietnam’s latest Covid-19 patient
A 16-year-old Hmong girl in the mountainous province of Ha Giang, which borders China, is Vietnam’s latest Covid-19 patient. “Patient 268” lives in a remote village in the province’s Dong Van District … Read Full Article
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Wisconsin Doctor Still Gets Racist Comments in Hospital Cafeteria After Losing Patient
A Hmong doctor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin took to social media to share a racist comment he received while having lunch at the hospital cafeteria this week. Tsawb Tsaab, a resident physician at the … Read Full Article
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Iredell Health System announces new assistant VP of nursing and patient care
Lee earned a bachelor of science in nursing and a master of science in nursing, family nurse practitioner from Western Carolina University. She speaks Hmong and English fluently. A member of First … Read Full Article
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Madison’s medical interpreters set standard for patient care
More than half of people who need interpreter services through UW speak Spanish. A number of patients request American Sign Language, Hmong, Arabic, and Mandarin as well. According to federal … Read Full Article
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Harvest is Nigh
We know, in our hearts, that the bounty comes in August. Stalls overflow with buckets of cukes, burlap bags of freshly picked sweet corn sit waiting to be rifled, and patient Hmong ladies explain over … Read Full Article
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How do you get a skeptical patient to test for cancer? UCD, health center target cultural barriers
Kazoua Heu, 31, said her father, a Hmong immigrant, expressed unwillingness to go through treatment when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. “Most of the individuals who have migrated here from their respective countries because of the war-torn nature … Read Full Article
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VIDEO: Index patient in Minnesota MDR-TB outbreak was infectious for 5 years
in an ethnic Hmong community in Minnesota. According to Hall, the index patient, a refugee who was resettled in Minnesota, was infectious in the community for over 5 years and had been seen four times by health care providers for respiratory symptoms … Read Full Article
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Cancer implants
Cancer Council Victoria CEO, Todd Harper said that “such advanced technology will not only improve the quality of life but also help prolonging cancer patient life” Listen to Hmong weekly program on Thursday at 6 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time … Read Full Article
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Where a doctor saw a treatable cancer, a patient saw an evil spirit
“All you have to do is swallow three iodine capsules.” The woman, a Hmong immigrant, spoke little, if any, English. Through an experienced interpreter, Fratkin explained the protocol and told her she would need a lung biopsy to confirm the diagnosi Read Full Article