UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital in Everett, Pa., will become the first in the state to offer a new interactive video system for deaf patients.
The system, developed in Pittsburgh, will allow a deaf person and a sign language interpreter to view each other through two-way video.
The interpreter can relay the patient's needs to doctors and medical workers and vice-versa.
An interpreter shortage has caused some patients to wait hours for help at hospitals.
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