Suit Against FL Hospital

Seven deaf patients are suing a Jacksonville hospital over its lack of interpreters. Seven  patients say Baptist Health violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. One says, instead of getting an interpreter, nurses gave her a stuffed monkey. Another says she was told the hospital staff lost a list of sign-language interpreters given to them by the patient's mother. The hospital says it has not seen the legal complaint and cannot comment yet, but plans a series of forums this summer about communicating with patients. There are at five interpreting services in the area along with the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine.