Pakistani girls practice Cantonese and enter the Department of Nursing of the University of Hong Kong to draft a multilingual chart to help doctors and patients communicate in clinic

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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2021-07-09 00:01

Last update date: 2021-07-09 00:01

Under the tide of immigration, many Hong Kong people immigrated with their families, and some of the students moved overseas to study, but two girls of Pakistani origin decided to stay in Hong Kong, hoping to give back to Hong Kong society.

Kainaat, a Pakistani girl who has worked so hard to speak fluent Cantonese, said that in high school, she found that many students had to take leave to accompany their family members for follow-up consultations or seek medical treatment. There were also Pakistani women who did not understand different treatment options due to insufficient communication skills. The decision is based on the merits, so after taking the DSE exam, she enrolled in the Department of Nursing of the University of Hong Kong via JUPAS, hoping to become a bridge of communication in the future so that non-Chinese speaking people can receive better medical care.

She plans to produce charts in Chinese, English and Urdu for patients to point out uncomfortable parts and symptoms, and to assist in the treatment of the disease.

Pakistani student Kainaat is a third-year nursing student at the University of Hong Kong. She is fluent in Cantonese.

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Kainaat, a third-year nursing student at the University of Hong Kong, is a Pakistani girl born and raised in Hong Kong.

She is grateful to the middle school teacher for repeatedly explaining the importance of learning Cantonese. She used Cantonese songs and TV dramas to attract her to learn Chinese and make her speak Cantonese fluently.

She also said that many middle school students would take leave to accompany their family members for medical treatment during school days, and found that most of the family members of non-Chinese speaking students were not good at communicating in Chinese and English, and even the language barrier affected treatment.

She held that after a Pakistani woman was diagnosed with breast cancer, she chose to return to Pakistan for treatment because of lack of communication. "If you want to return to Pakistan, you only need to have cancer cells, but Hong Kong doctors have to remove the entire breast, so they return to the doctor. But in fact, It was a Hong Kong doctor who first made such a suggestion considering the possibility of recurrence, but she may not be able to understand it."

After consideration, Jian Peizhi believes that Hong Kong nurses are professional and respected, and the campus of Hong Kong University is conveniently located, the proportion of international students is high, and exchange opportunities are wide. Therefore, after taking the DSE exam, he will be admitted to the Department of Nursing of the University of Hong Kong through JUPAS, hoping to become a nurse in the future. Apart from people, it can also become a bridge of communication, so that non-Chinese speaking people can get better medical care.

Drafting Urdu Charts for Mediation by Islamic Female Patients

In addition to helping people in the medical care industry, Jane Peizhi plans to design a chart in Chinese, English and Urdu to list different parts of the body and common clinical symptoms to facilitate communication between doctors and patients.

In addition, she bluntly said that public hospital doctors may not understand Islamic traditions, so that even young and elder women are reluctant to seek medical treatment even if they are ill. She hopes that in the future, they can mediate this to reduce the impact of cultural differences: "Islamic churches wear long sleeves, if they suddenly pull up. If the shirt sleeve measures blood pressure, draws blood, or requires blood transfusion, he will feel uncomfortable or have a big reaction; some people worry that the blood donor’s pork will make the blood transfusion bag "not clean", but in fact, many times (medical care) ask in advance, yes (psychological) It will be much better to prepare!"

Lareb, a Pakistani student, said that because Cantonese is not fluent in speaking, she was elected to the University of Hong Kong on the advice of many relatives and friends. She believed that the students of the University of Hong Kong were fluent in English, which made her easy to integrate into university life.

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Pakistani girls aspire to be teachers to encourage non-Chinese students to make progress

Another Pakistani girl, Lareb, is a first-year student of the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences of the University of Hong Kong.

Growing up in Hong Kong, she said that primary and secondary school teachers think that non-Chinese speaking students have poor mathematics and only teach basic courses. Many non-Chinese speaking students lack confidence in mathematics. However, the Hong Kong teaching system focuses on mathematics. If non-Chinese speaking students give up mathematics, they will not be able to do so. As she enters university, she plans to apply for a diploma in education as a mathematics teacher and use her example to encourage non-Chinese speaking students to work hard.

Pakistani students Kainaat (left) and Gu Jiahui (Lareb) (right) grew up in Hong Kong. They love Hong Kong and hope to give back to Hong Kong society in the future, so they do not plan to leave Hong Kong.

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Non-Chinese speaking students read more nursing and education subjects

The University of Hong Kong stated that it would admit local non-Chinese speaking students through the Joint University Admissions (JUPAS) every year. In the past five years, it has admitted about 60 to 70 non-Chinese speaking students each year, which is the largest number of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.

The school revealed that in the past, more non-Chinese speaking students chose to study for Bachelor of Arts or Science or Engineering; in the past two years, nursing, education and business courses have gradually become popular among non-Chinese speaking students.

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