{"id":778431,"date":"2020-01-08T11:49:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T11:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/make-provisions-for-sign-language-interpreters-in-the-hospitals\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T11:49:11","slug":"make-provisions-for-sign-language-interpreters-in-the-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/make-provisions-for-sign-language-interpreters-in-the-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Provisions for sign language interpreters in the hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Wednesday 8th January, 2020<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/signing-hospitals.jpg\" alt=\"Signing Hospitals\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">By<br \/>\nHannah Awadzi, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Accra, Jan. 8, GNA \u2013<br \/>\nThe Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Freda<br \/>\nPrempeh, has tasked a technical committee reviewing Ghana\u2019s Disability Law to<br \/>\nmake provisions that mandates all health facilities to have sign language<br \/>\ninterpreters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">She said Deaf<br \/>\npersons usually have a hard time communicating with medical staff when they go<br \/>\nto seek medical treatment because of the language barrier, which sometimes<br \/>\nresults in preventable death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Ms Prempeh made the<br \/>\nsuggestion when she joined the members of the technical committee at one of<br \/>\ntheir meetings, where they were reviewing the amendments made to the Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">She also reminded<br \/>\nthe committee to ensure that they put in place laws which were implementable to<br \/>\navoid having a law which will not be implemented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">A Technical<br \/>\nCommittee was set up by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection<br \/>\nwith the support of the National Council on Persons with Disabilities to review<br \/>\nthe Disability Law as it is, to make it compliant with the United Nations Convention<br \/>\non the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"IL_IN_TAG\" value=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print Wednesday 8th January, 2020 news, story, article By Hannah Awadzi, GNA Accra, Jan. 8, GNA \u2013 The Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Freda Prempeh, has tasked a technical committee reviewing Ghana\u2019s Disability Law to make provisions that mandates all health facilities to have sign language interpreters. 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