Comments on: I Don’t Speak Russian

By: Peter AKA Pachelbel

Peter AKA Pachelbel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:12:35 +0000

Very sad.

I’m sure it tore everyone in that room apart.

Poor guy.

Well my heart aches for the family.

By: del

del — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:25:15 +0000

Very nice story. The family is lucky you are a compassionate and caring person.

By: William Goron-Wright

William Goron-Wright — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:47:00 +0000

Great story. You should be applauded for showing such perseverence in making sure all parties understood each other in such difficult circumstances. The hospital i study in in London has over 300 dialects spoken in the local area, the highest number in any city in the world, and communication is often extremely difficult so I empathise.

I thought you made an interesting point re: how being unable to use normal body language and facial expressions during the telephone conference made the experience so much more difficult.

An encounter that serves as an example of great patient care under difficult circumstances to all those in the health care profession, or about to enter it!

Medical Student
London,UK

By: Ginny and Grandpa

Ginny and Grandpa — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:45:11 +0000

We read this and loved it.
Dad said good girl you did the right thing.

By: faith

faith — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:38:36 +0000

Great story Progress. What city are you in? We have so many Russians in Cleveland. I rather like it though
Nothing like another day at the office!

By: Fae

Fae — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:39:48 +0000

Thank you for a great post.
We have this problem very often here – I’m a resident in psychiatry, and both here and most of all in GP you will have many immigrants who don’t speak the language (in this case, Swedish).

We use a so called conference phone in these instances, which is basically a speaker on a table. Works quite well, but especially with psychiatritac cases, it’s very hard and almost impossible to get this real communication that I want to achieve when talking to a client.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 19:40:02 +0000

I’m speechless. That was a wonderful and interesting story. I’m going to school this fall to get my bachelors in nursing and, after reading this, it re-afirms just how much I want to be a part of this wonderful and caring profession. Keep up to great work! I’ll be checking in on you from time to time

By: Jodie

Jodie — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 19:05:24 +0000

Excellent work and excellent post.

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 31 May 2005 09:46:17 +0000

holy WOW. thanks for sharing this. like the first comment states- reminds me of why i love what i have chosen – even though it’s sometimes so very, very hard….those hugs can make every single moment worthwhile. thank you again.

By: charles

charles — Tue, 24 May 2005 13:33:59 +0000

i think you honored your profession well. what a tricky case though, almost one for the ethics committee if your hospital has one. often family members need to be ‘given permission’ to let go of loved ones at the end of life, it’s such a hard thing to do without emotional decisions. may he rest peacefully now.