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UP minister urges doctors to write prescriptions in Hindi
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Brajesh Pathak has urged doctors across the state to write names of medicines and medical tests in Hindi or Devanagari script on prescriptions. He…
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Brajesh Pathak has urged doctors across the state to write names of medicines and medical tests in Hindi or Devanagari script on prescriptions. He said this would help patients clearly understand what has been prescribed and strengthen the trust between doctor and patient.
Pathak made the appeal on September 25, the birth anniversary of nationalist thinker Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. He cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's use of Hindi abroad and said doctors who prescribe in Hindi will be felicitated. He also encouraged doctors to communicate with patients in local languages such as Bhojpuri and Awadhi.
Doctors have raised practical difficulties. Hindustan Times reports that few Hindi textbooks are available for MBBS and pharmacology is taught in English, so students may not know Hindi names of medicines. UP Congress president Ajai Rai said the health department needs more medicines and doctors, not a language directive.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Freepressjournal and Siasat covered the appeal without any criticism, framing it as a patient-friendly initiative. Hindustan Times gave equal space to doctors who said the plan is impractical because pharmacology is taught only in English and few Hindi textbooks exist, and to the Congress state chief who said the government should focus on medicine shortages instead. The balanced reading is that the appeal carries no legal force and doctors are not obliged to follow it, so the practical impact will depend on whether the minister's felicitation incentive changes behaviour. The next step to watch is how many medical colleges adopt Hindi prescription formats in the coming months.
Coverage: 3 sources, 2 pro-government, 1 neutral
Sources (3): freepressjournal.in (pro government), siasat.com (pro government), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
