Holton Clinic offers Spanish translation services

When you need medical care, you may not be feeling your best. Even under ideal circumstances, you may have trouble remembering everything your healthcare provider tells you. Now imagine navigating an office visit or even having a baby when you don’t speak the language. Scary, right? Community HealthCare System is hoping to help patients in that situation feel more at ease. The Holton Clinic now offers translation services for Spanish-speaking patients Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Teresa Miller will serve as an in-person interpreter as needed, plus she will assist Spanish-speaking mothers when they deliver babies at the CHCS Birth Center at Onaga Community Hospital. Miller began speaking Spanish when she was about 10 years old so she could communicate with family members. She grew up in Topeka and attended Highland Park High School. Teresa and her family, including husband Andrew Miller and sons Miguel, Samuel, and Abel, moved to Onaga in 2016 so their children