Can you say vaccination in Spanish?

Vacuna is the word for shots in Spanish -- flu shots that is.

It's one of the first Spanish words learned by Dr. Karen Janson in the Spanish club offered by South Haven Community Hospital for its staff and their spouses, reports the Herald-Palladium.

The pediatrician has learned to use the word carefully so as not to set off tears among her young patients.

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The Spanish club has nearly 60 participants who meet weekly. It was the brainchild of Dr. Sylvia Mustonen, who works at the hospital's Covert clinic, said hospital President and CEO Joanne Urbanski. The meetings are led by Mustonen and Alex De La Cruz, the husband of another hospital physician, Jeanne Alvarado.

At a recent class the group reviewed Spanish words that start with "ch."

One of the words mentioned was chata, which means bedpan in Spanish. That's an example of a word that could be helpful for hospital staff.

The story goes on to say the hospital has a number of translators but there never seem to be enough. So they decided to use a fun approach to get more people speaking Spanish.

Source: Herald-Palladium