Polish man’s death raised to highlight language difficulties
The 48-year-old’s death was raised at the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) Conference by a Dublin nurse who was trying to highlight the difficulties being experienced by nursing staff when communicating with non-English speakers. The man had specifically asked could he return to Poland that day and the nurses had told him that it wasn’t advisable.
A translator had been called by nurses to speak with the man who had just undergone an angiogram procedure.
