A circular issued at Delhi government’s Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER) on Saturday ordered nursing staff members to only communicate in Hindi or English, threatening ‘serious action’ and specifically disallowing the use of Malayalam.
The order, which has been issued by the Nursing Superintendent, stated, “A complaint has been received regarding 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 inconvenience. So it is directed to all Nursing Personnel to use only Hindi and English for communication otherwise serious action will be taken.”
Neither GB Pant Hospital director Dr…
