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To honor The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department at its Cultural Event at Ross Auditorium on January 27, 2012.
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WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Medical Center will be celebrating its Interpreter Services Department at a Cultural Event Friday, January 27, 2012 at Ross Auditorium; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department provides a valuable service for non-English speaking patients and their families when they are seeking medical care; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department consisted of five interpreters and handled less than 500 appointments per month; and
WHEREAS, today, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department consists of 16 interpreters, along with a pool of approximately 150 on-site contract interpreters, who handle more than 3,000 requests per month; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department also has phone and video interpreters available for more than 180 languages; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department provides a valuable service in the health care field ensuring that limited English proficient and deaf patients and families at the medical center receive the same high-quality care that all patients receive; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department greatly enhances medical providers' ability to effectively evaluate and treat patients' medical issues as well as making them feel more at ease with the encounter; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby honor The Ohio State University Medical Center Interpreter Services Department for its invaluable contribution to health care at its Cultural Event being held Friday, January 27, 2012 at Ross Auditorium.