Health Care
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Web Resources
Children’s Health Council
http://www.childrenshealthcouncil.org/links/cultural.htm
Links to web sites specializing in multicultural health care for children
General Hospitals
Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant St.
Bridgeport, CT
203-384-3000
Telephone translation service for most languages plus volunteers trained in medical procedure translation who speak Polish, Portugese and Spanish
Greenwich Hospital
5 Perryridge Rd.
Greenwich, CT
203-863-3000
Telephone translation service for most languages. Physician referral service can direct inquiries to physicians who speak other languages
Norwalk Hospital
Maple St.
Norwalk, CT
203-852-2000
Telephone translation service for most languages.
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
2800 Main St.
Bridgeport, CT
203-576-6000
Telephone translation service for most languages plus volunteers who speak Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Creole, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Slovak, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese
Stamford Hospital
Shelburne Rd. at W. Broad St.
Stamford, CT
203-325-7000
Telephone translation service for most languages plus staff volunteers who speak Arabic, Bemba, Cebano, Chinese, Creole, Czech, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Nyanja, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swaka, Swedish, Taiwanese, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese
Yale-New Haven Hospital
20 York St.
New Haven, CT
203-688-4242
Telephone translation service for most languages, interpreters on staff for high-volume language needs, e.g., Spanish, and interpreters for numerous other languages available depending on scheduling (call 203-688-7523 from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm for Interpreter Services)
Specialty Hospitals & Residential Treatment Centers
The Connecticut Hospice Inc.
100 Double Beach Rd.
Branford, CT
203-315-7500
Other locations include Norwalk.
Offering pain management, symptom control and emotional support for children, adults and families facing irreversible illness.
French, Italian, Polish, Serbo-Croat, Spanish
Hall-Brooke, Inc.
47 Long Lots Road
Westport, CT
203-227-1251
Offering a continuum of acute inpatient and outpatient psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents and adults.
Telephone translation service for most languages plus staff who speak Spanish. In addition, Hall-Brooke runs Cruzado Puentes ("Crossing Bridges"), an intensive outpatient program serving the needs of Latinos with mental health and substance abuse issues, which is located at its outpatient facility at 1 Lois St. in Norwalk.
The Jewish Home for the Elderly
175 Jefferson St.
Fairfield, CT
203-365-6400
Offering adult day healthcare, a post-acute rehabilitation unit, long-term care, special care units and an institute on aging specializing in geriatric assessment and services to sustain independent living.
Home provides care regardless of patient's language skills.
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
20 York St.
New Haven, CT
203-688-4242
See Yale-New Haven Hospital above
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
184 Liberty St.
New Haven, CT
203-688-9704
See Yale-New Haven Hospital above
Outpatient Clinics/Rehabilitation Centers
Ahlbin Rehabilitation Centers
226 Mill Hill Ave.
Bridgeport, CT
203-366-7551
Physical medicine and rehabilitation services for children and adults with physical, cognitive, psychosocial and communication disorders.
Spanish
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