21 January 2015
[…]
The midwife said she explained the law to AB but did not take a Somalian
interpreter to translate.
Ms
Clarke said she had been told AB "could understand a little bit" and
she was "not aware" if an interpreter was required for prenatal
visits.
She
added: "I felt that if I used simple language with description she would
understand the information I was trying to relay to her."
Ms
Clarke conceded it would have been "best practice" to have an
interpreter, but said she thought she was being understood. […]
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