Delhi govt hospital banned nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam

A Delhi government-run hospital recently banned nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam in the hospital and warned of ‘serious action’ if they do not talk in English or Hindi.

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There are around 300-350 Malayali nursing staff at the hospital [GIPMER] and we always talk to the patients in Hindi.

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé)

It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India and is spoken by 2.88% of Indians. Malayalam was designated a “Classical Language in India” in 2013.

Due to Malayali expatriates in the Persian Gulf, Malayalam is also widely spoken in the Gulf countries.