Do old people have to speak Mandarin when they go to the hospital?

As a foreigner, I have studied and worked in Shanghai for more than ten years, which is quite touching. At that time, at school, the environment was all Mandarin, so I didn't feel anything. The first time I realized that I needed to know Shanghai dialect was during my internship. It's simple. We need to communicate. Many local old people really can't speak Mandarin, even the Mandarin spoken by Yang Bangfang. This is not the reason why doctors don't communicate if they don't understand. Objectively speaking, as doctors, we can only serve patients as best we can. Besides, is it easier for young people in their twenties to learn local languages than for decades to relearn Mandarin? There's nothing worth spraying. Fortunately. Language is something you can get by listening and touching more. Even though I don't speak Shanghainese very well now, at least my hearing is fine. I can also speak some simple Yang Bang dialect and Shanghainese dialect. Don't be afraid of jokes. I always think that the first element of language is to communicate and understand each other's meaning, just like nonstandard English, even Chinglish is understood by the other side. After all, communication in life is not writing a composition, not an exam. Therefore, as for the question asked by the subject, my opinion is that there is no need to ask the elderly to speak Mandarin. Be more tolerant, there is no big problem. Unfortunately, many people have blx now. As far as this whole thing is concerned, the old lady and the doctor involved have a little misunderstanding. There is too much regional hatred on the internet now. Some Shanghainese always feel that foreigners depend on Shanghai's resources and the social atmosphere is ruined by foreigners. Some outsiders also think that Shanghainese are exclusive and have a sense of superiority. Without us, Shanghai's economic construction could not be so fast.