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After complaint against Malayalam use, Delhi s GB Pant hospital directs nurses to communicate only in Hindi, English ANI | Updated: Jun 06, 2021 04:41 IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) in Delhi has directed all its nursing personnel to use only Hindi and English for communication and said serious actions would be taken against anyone found speaking in other languages.
A circular issued by the Nursing Superintendent of the hospital said GIPMER had received a complaint against the use of the Malayalam language. A complaint has been received regarding the Malayalam language is being used for communication in working places in GIPMER. Whereas maximum patient and colleagues do not know this language and feel helpless causing a lot of inconveniences, the circular read.
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Malayali nurses union in Delhi has demanded a written apology and "serious action" against those responsible for issuing the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) circular barring nurses from conversing in Malayalam and only use English or Hindi.
The leading hospital in Delhi had directed its nursing staff to communicate only in Hindi and English, following complaint against usage of Malayalam language.
After a Delhi government hospital issued a circular asking nurses not to speak in Malayalam while on duty, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the move and urged authorities to stop discrimination among Indian languages.