I recently went to Poland for a quick 2 day holiday. Felt great before I left. Felt great while I was there. Tested positive for covid the morning I was supposed to fly home. Fast forward a bit and I'm in the back of an ambulance while my partner was on the plane back home.

They put me up in a hotel for 10 days. Fed me 3 times a day. Checked on me twice a day. And on day 10, opened the door and I was on my own.

How I could have managed that without Google translate, I don't know. None of the doctors or nurses spoke more than a few words of English. And I could barely say hello, goodbye or thank you. (I can now!)

As you say, life would have been difficult. It was difficult even with google translate. But it made the interactions much easier on both parties involved.

I would hope that if someone was visiting my country on holiday, or to visit their relatives, and happened to get sick, that the hospital would do all they could to communicate with them and not treat them like they shouldn't even be there.