Mercy’s Interpretation Services Department provides free medical interpretation services and assistive communication equipment to any Mercy patient, family member or employee upon request. Our interpreters are specially trained to work in a health care environment, and are required to have a thorough understanding of current medical terminology. In addition, staff must comply with patient/provider confidentiality policies and meet quality assurance criteria.

In-person interpretation services are available for a variety of languages, such as:

• American Sign Language (ASL)
  
• Arabic
  
• Bosnian (Serbo-Croatian)
  
• Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
  
• Dinka
  
• Nuer
  
• Spanish
  
• Russian
  
• Ukranian
  
• Vietnamese
  

In addition, Mercy offers interpretation services via telephone for all language groups, Video Relay Interpreting, TTY and other assistive equipment.

For more information, please call (515) 247-8255 or 643-7446 (TTY).