New Bedford Community Health and all of its programs and activities are accessible to and useable by disabled persons, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind, or who have other sensory impairments. Access features include:
- Curb cuts and ramps between parking areas and buildings.
- Level access into the first-floor level with elevator access to all other floors.
- Fully accessible offices, meeting rooms, bathrooms, public waiting areas, and patient treatment areas, including examining rooms.
- A full range of assistive and communication aids is provided to persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or with other sensory impairments. There is no additional charge for such aids.
Some of these aids include:
- Qualified sign language interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- A twenty-four-hour (24) telecommunication device (TTY/TDD) which can connect the caller to all extensions within the facility and/or portable (TTY/TDD) units, for use by persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired.
- If you require any of the aids listed above, please let patient registration or your clinical team know.