Can You Speak English?

"I just take, whenever you go into a clinic web site or whatever, and it says, oh, i can speak english," he said. "i want to make sure i'm communicating exactly what i need to use the documents." He has been refused treatment by doctors in Japan because of his language skills. The doctor who gave him medicine broke down several times when trying to explain that he didn't know how to say 'throat' In some cases people have had to ask for help with medical terms they don't understand.