Southwest Chinese Journal (Stafford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 1, 1982 Page: 5 of 20
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June 1-15, 1982
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Page 5
Medical Flashcards Developed by CHSC of Houston
The Southwest Chinese Journal is pleased to report that
our call in February for volunteers for a hospital transla-
tion project, sponsored by Mr. Fred Maxwell and the South-
east Rotary Club of Houston, has yielded a full and enthu-
siastic response from the Chinese Health Services Center of
Houston.
Thomas Lou, a frequent contributor to these pages as a
coordinator for CHSC, reports that the volunteer group has
translated and printed English/Chinese flash cards which
will greatly facilitate daily communication between doctor/
nurse and a Chinese patient with limited English skills.
This need is especially critical if no actual interpreter,
usually a family member or member of the community, can
be present at a time of crisis. These cards, CHSC believes,
will greatly help bridge any language gap which may arise.
A complete set of these flash cards has been developed
which attempts to deal with most basic medical situations.
There are four series, each color-coded for easy identifica-
tion :
A, a pre-admission form
B, patient to doctor/nurse (24 cards)
C, doctor/nurse to patient (40 cards)
D, medical instructions (16 cards)
An example of Series C, both sides, is shown on this page.
Available to Public
Because of its continuing interest in the well-being of
members of our community, CHSC is making available a limit-
ed number of these sets of Chinese/English medical flash
cards. Travellers to China may find that carrying these
cards may mean the difference between life and death.
Anyone interested in obtaining a set is asked to make a
small $2.00 donation, plus $1.00 mailing fee, by check
payable to: Chinese Health Services Center of Houston
P. 0. Box 31044
Houston, TX 77235
Priority will be given to senior citizens and hospitals
in the United States.
CHSC would like to see this project grow into a service
for Chinese throughout the world—in other words, Chinese
translated into other languages, and vice versa, on similar-
ly formated medical flash cards.
In closing, Lou says, "CHSC is proud to serve the Chi-
nese community in Houston" and elsewhere, and merits every-
one's support for its efforts. "Health and wealth to
everybody."
Commentary
The Journal would only add that in the short time since
CHSC has been active in Houston, it has provided a great
service for our senior citizens with its field trips,
picnics, social events and cultural fairs, and is showing
great initiative in its efforts to raise funds for a
senior citizen foundation—it has really outdone itself
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OPERATION INTERPRETER (30)
COURTESY OF SOUTHEAST ROTARY CLUB
HOUSTON, TEXAS, U.S.A.
SERIES C
DOCTOR/NURSE TO PATIENT
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
"THE TUBE IN YOUR NOSE IS DRAIN-
ING YOUR STOMACH. YOU .MUST NOT
EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING WHILE IT
IS IN PLACE."
with its involvement in the Operation Interpreter program.
Despite skepticism on the part of some in the community,
the CHSC of Houston, in getting past the "talk" which
bogs down so many well-intentioned efforts, has shown
observable, effective results this past year, and its
effectiveness is due in large part to the observable fact
that its members have shown they care.
Congratulations to Dr. Beng T. Ho, Thomas Lou, and the
numerous other individuals in CHSC who offer a fine ex-
ample for all Houstonians, whether youth, old, Chinese
or not. -A.G.
TEACHER, cont. from p. I
the racial imbalance per-
ceived in HISD faculties at
that time. As now applied
to teachers, the Ratio re-
cognizes only 3 racial ca-
tegories: white, Hispanic
and black. Because Waki is
neither Hispanic nor black,
she has been classified as
white - and thus loses her
Sharpstown teaching posi-
tion, because Jackson, in
assessing lower enrollment
projections for next term,
needed to "absorb" (or
drop) one art teacher who
had to be "white," to con-
form with the prescribed
black/white/Hispanic ratios,
Obviously, Waki, as a
Japanese American, is a
minority person. With the
growing number of Asian
children in HISD schools,
there should be an Asian
designation established
within the Singleton Ratio,
if that guideline is to
signify anything save an
outdated absurdity.
Already families of for-
mer students of Waki, Asian
and Caucasian alike, have
risen to her support. On
June 17 an HISD hearing will
be held on her case. Now
is the time for the Asian
American community to ques-
tion why, in too many areas,
Asians are classified as
white to our ultimate detri-
ment. It is time to insist
on our rights as a minority,
and we can begin by support-
ing Betty Waki, and by work-
ing to modify the Singleton
Ratio.
Betty Waki is a 3rd-gener-
ation Texan, Milby High grad,
the innovator of several art
education projects in HISD
and, as past sponsor of the
Chinese student club at
Sharpstown, a key influence
on many of the 260 (est.)
Asian students who make up
the largest minority (8.9%)
at Sharpstown. Wouldn't it
be ironic for the high school
with the highest Asian en-
rollment in HISD not to have
even one Asian teacher?
To indicate your support
for Betty Waki, write Billy
Reagan, HISD Superintendent,
3830 Richmond, Houston, TX
77027, or call Michelle
Fang (777-0581) or Allan
Gor (491-5704).
Says Waki, "A person
should be judged by the
quality of his character
and the content of his
brain, not the color of his
skin or the slant of his
eyes."
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Southwest Chinese Journal (Stafford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 1, 1982, newspaper, June 1, 1982; Stafford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268414/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.