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Translation app could be boon for migrant patients

Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy

Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy Source: AAP

For patients whose English is not their first language, communicating with clinicians can be a major challenge. But the CSIRO has helped develop an app that offers hope that waiting times can be reduced for patients when they may only need to ask a simple question.


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By Philip Ly, Sarah Abo, Amir Bukic

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For patients whose English is not their first language, communicating with clinicians can be a major challenge. But the CSIRO has helped develop an app that offers hope that waiting times can be reduced for patients when they may only need to ask a simple question.



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