A Delhi government-run hospital, GB Pant, on Saturday prohibited its nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam on the premises of the medical facility, as reported in The Hindu. The memo was circulated and it stated that if nurses continue to speak Malayalam in the work premises, there will be dire consequences.

The memo read as “A complaint has been received regarding Malayalam language being used for communication in working places in GIPMER. Whereas maximum patients and colleagues do not know this language and feel helpless causing a lot of inconveniences. So it is directed all nursing personnel to use only Hindi and English for communication. Otherwise, serious action will be taken.”

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The nurses at the hospital had a different story to tell and they criticized this move as they only talk to Malayalam only with people who can understand it. “ We only talk to other people from Kerala in Malayalam at the hospital. It is our mother tongue. How can they say the staff cannot talk in Malayalam? Will they tell Punjabis not to talk in Punjabi among themselves?,” said Jeemol Shaji, a nurse from Kerala, who is the general secretary of the nurses’ union in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.

This has created a situation of unrest on social media and people have been attacking the government. They are not okay with the Hindi imposition and also added that so many nurses are from Kerala and how we can afford to lose them. Many famous personalities like Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and many other commoners have raised their voices.

Here are the reactions:

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The order has now been revoked as many leaders and famous personalities criticized it. A Times Now Journalist shared on Twitter, “The controversial order asking nurses not to communicate in Malayalam stands revoked. A memo being issued to the MS asking how was this order passed. This has happened after widespread condemnation.”

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