Justice Department Resolves Litigation with Laurel Regional Hospital to Ensure Effective Communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing

U.S. Newswire, July, 2006

WASHINGTON, July 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice today announced a comprehensive consent decree under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Laurel Regional Hospital, a community hospital serving the Maryland suburbs of Washington. The hospital has agreed to ensure effective communication with patients or companions who are deaf or hard of hearing.

"Patients and their families need to be able to communicate with medical providers for proper diagnosis and treatment," said Wan J. Kim, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division. "I commend the Laurel Regional Hospital for working with us, and I hope that this agreement will be a model for other hospitals to make certain that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing have the same access...

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