Multilingual Clinical Care
Doctor–Patient Clinical Communication in Nigerian Pidgin
Nigerian Pidgin is the everyday language of millions across West Africa. Clear clinical communication in Pidgin reduces patient anxiety and diagnostic delays.
Essential Clinical Vocabulary
Body dey hot: Fever / Pyrexia
Belle dey run me: Diarrhoea
Eye dey turn me: Dizziness / Lightheadedness
Chest dey pepper me: Retrosternal burning / Reflux